Smith Carbine $1400 ( WDYT?)

Jim Watson said:
Yankees.
The Confederacy didn't have the industry to feed breechloaders.
There were even muzzleloading conversions of Halls.
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hawg said:
All or almost all of them went to the north but the south captured a lot of them.
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I know the war was a long time ago, but I’m from Richmond County North Carolina, and just don’t know about this… Not a Civil War Buff but getting a rifle that might have killed my old neighbors family. I don’t know.
 
Mark_Mark said:
They were the 4th most popular rifle during the war. Did the Union or South use this gun?

as a new collector, I have to learn to be patients and not blow my saving in one load.
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If learn to be patient and not jump on the first cool thing that comes along, that kinda takes the fun out of it for the rest of us.:rofl:
Don't forget we are a bunch of enablers here.
BTW, I would love to get my hands on one of those rifles.
 
That seems to be a fair price. I picked up one for that kinda money a couple of years ago and have been pleased with it. Fun to shoot and as accurate as my old eyes are. Check the latch on the barrel for cracks.
 
Cartridges are available, most made out of brass or plastic with thick walls, giving a lighter powder charge than GI.
There is a rubber cartridge closer to original, and I see there are some being shot with paper cartridges. I wonder how well those obturate. There are videos.
 
That price sounds reasonable. We shoot both originals and repops in North South Skirmish competition. Just don't get caught up in "magnumitis" and go for heavy loads. The locking mechanism on this gun is that top strap snapping down over the lug on the receiver. A medium load of about 28-30g 3f Swiss can be quite accurate and more than sufficient to put deer in the freezer.
 
I’ve a reproduction, Pietta, Smith. It’s very accurate.I shoot a .518 bullet in it. At that price for an original with an armors cartouche I would have snapped it up. Paid as much for a Burnside.
But then again I just like the breech loaders.
I’m from Scott County Tennessee. One of my ancestors was in the Confederate army but deserted and fled to Pulaski Kentucky. He returned to Scott county after the war.
 
whughett said:
I’ve a reproduction, Pietta, Smith. It’s very accurate.I shoot a .518 bullet in it. At that price for an original with an armors cartouche I would have snapped it up. Paid as much for a Burnside.
But then again I just like the breech loaders.
I’m from Scott County Tennessee. One of my ancestors was in the Confederate army but deserted and fled to Pulaski Kentucky. He returned to Scott county after the war.
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we got a old grave yard that has been abandoned and overgrown near my parents house in NC, we use to play in those woods when I was young. I bet some of those graves were confederate soldiers. It’s just as you might imagine it, old tobacco drying house and illegal watermelon field's
 
hawg said:
My family grew tobacco in VA back in the day but since when are watermelons illegal?
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people use to have illegal grows on private property, it was usually the poor folks trying to make a few bucks and feed their family. They were very nice people and gave us kids a melon in the hot summer heat.

love the smell of dry tobacco
 
Mark_Mark said:
They were the 4th most popular rifle during the war. Did the Union or South use this gun?

as a new collector, I have to learn to be patients and not blow my saving in one load.
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That’s what she said… I’m paraphrasing.

and… the Smith was manufactured in the North and as far as I know, never sold to the South.
 
woodnbow said:
That’s what she said… I’m paraphrasing.

and… the Smith was manufactured in the North and as far as I know, never sold to the South.
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We just waited for a few battle field pick ups! That must have been like a Modern war picking up a Plasma Phase Rifle in the 40 Watt range
 
A Pietta reproduction right now (if you can find one) goes for this much.

If the locking strap/lug fitment is good and the hinge isn't loose this seems like a good deal.

I saw a Mass Arms smith at a show a couple months back going for a similar price in worse shape than this one, going by pictures alone.
 
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