Guns International #: 102910365
Seller's Inventory #: 230593

Category - Ballard Rifles - Civil War Carbines

Category
Ballard Rifles
Civil War Carbines

Antique CIVIL WAR Era BALL & WILLIAMS BALLARD .44 Caliber Rimfire CARBINE Scarce Carbine Likely Used by State Militia

Description:
Antique CIVIL WAR Era BALL & WILLIAMS BALLARD .44 Caliber Rimfire CARBINE

Scarce Carbine Likely Used by State Militia

Here we present an antique Ball & Williams Ballard Carbine in .44 Rimfire, made circa 1864 by Ball & Williams in Worcester, Massachusetts. Manufactured from 1862 to 1865, Ball & Williams received a U.S. Government contract for 5,000 of these carbines in January of 1864. They delivered 1,000 by March 16, 1864 and 500 by August 1, 1864 before forfeiting the balance of the contract because of higher prices from their Kentucky contracts. 1,200 were sent to Vermont and another 600 were rejected by the government and sold on the open market. It is equipped with sling swivels and a pinched blade front sight and a two leaf folding rear sight graduated to 500 yards.

The Ballard design was one of the favorite long arms during the Civil War period, though production numbers do not necessarily reflect it. The original designer was Charles H. Ballard and his agents Merwin & Bray oversaw production between several different companies. It was a simple, single-shot falling block action and was one of the early guns that would fire a metallic cartridge. Though many of these were purchased by the state of Kentucky, this model was not made for a specific contract, state or otherwise, like many others. However, this was made during the war period and may very well have been thrust into a militia role.
The overall condition is fair. Dark patina throughout. The numbers on the barrel and receiver match. The action is strong. The bore shows strong rifling with some darkness, especially towards the muzzle. The lever shows a repair from the recurve portion on back. The stock shows much use and repairs around the extractor, the top left of the forearm and the comb of the stock.

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Barrel is 22 inches.

Caliber: .44 Rimfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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Antique: Yes