Confederate Morse Carbine

[Stiles/Akin]

https://pre1900.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-confederate-morse-carbine.html?spref=fb&m=1

 

[JOHN42768]

Requires deep pockets to purchase. Interesting arm

 

[Lanyard Puller]

With 2 recently published books on George Morse and his different types of guns, it seems everyone wants a Morse carbine, or a musket or an inside lock Morse, until they get to the price...
A great condition, unfired, un-messed with, cartridge will set you back $1000 plus.... A super nice 1st model carbine is in the high 20K or even more depending on condition and provenance.

 

[Jobe Holiday]

Well, I guess that makes the reproduction version look much more attractive! Actually, sometimes there is a place for a reproduction arm in a collection when you really want to have an example to fill that otherwise unfillable spot.
J.

 

[tbuckley]

There is a .50 Morse cartridge on Ian Workman's American Civil War Relics & Military Antiques site. An interesting cartridge, but a bit out of my budget.
http://www.americancivilwarrelics.com/Civil War Cartridge.htm

 

[mofederal]

An interesting Carbine. I wonder how well it functioned. The cartridge is also unique.

 

[BillO]

Well, I guess that makes the reproduction version look much more attractive! Actually, sometimes there is a place for a reproduction arm in a collection when you really want to have an example to fill that otherwise unfillable spot.
J.

Their are repro's available?

 

[Jobe Holiday]

The reproduction Morse Carbine is available through the Rifle Shoppe. The price I saw on it a couple of years ago was about $3500, finished and ready to shoot.
J.

 

[vmicraig]

First Ive seen this particular carbine. Thanks for posting, interesting!

 

[Larryh86GT]

It's an interesting piece for sure.