Richmond carbines

1903sprfld

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I'm reading the book The Union Cavalry Comes of Age. There is one passage that says during Stuarts grand review at Brandy Station he used the opportunity to complain to Lee about the poor quality of the carbines manufactured in Richmond for the cavalry of Northern Virginia. Does anyone know or have a picture of what these carbines looked like? were they copies of sharps or were they muzzle loaders? thanks
 
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I think Stuart was talking about this one. not the Sharps. Only about 5,400 were produced in Richmond.
 
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The SC Robinson carbine is the gun you are referring to. There is some great info on these in the book "From Under The Eyelids"
 
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