.52 RF. 22" barrel. SN: 10286. Blued barrel, color casehardened lock and hammer, blued iron furniture, walnut stock. Single shot, breechloading cartridge carbine with 1861 pattern 3-leaf rear sight, iron blade front sight and saddle bar with ring. Lock marked in three horizontal lines JOSLYN FIREARMS Co/STONINGTON, CONN /1864. Breechblock and breech tang both numbered 10286. Left of barrel breech with a F.D.L. sub-inspection. No cartouches are present on the flat opposite the lock. 2nd Model pull release breech latch as is standard on these later production guns, along with iron furniture including a single barrel band secured by a spring. Roughly 12,500 of these 2nd Model (M1864) carbines were produced with 8,000 being acquired by the US Government, like this one, and the balance being sold commercially. A solid example of one of the interesting secondary carbines of the Civil War period. {ANTIQUE}