Original Museum Grade U.S. Civil War Gwyn & Campbell Type II Saddle-Ring "Union Carbine" - Serial Number 3084 Japanese Edged Weapons in the book there is

in the book there is a C1870's image of them filling them ready to throw

It features a rare totally genuine Intendance helmet plate to the front which is original to the helmet (you can tell by inspecting the way in which it is connected on the inside of the shell)

though the left scale is missing the bottom front toe

made by Robert Lubstein under their legendary EREL brand

and the screw on base plate for use in a SMLE grenade launcher

Original Museum Grade U.S. Civil War Gwyn & Campbell Type II Saddle-Ring "Union Carbine" - Serial Number 3084 Japanese Edged Weapons in the book there isOriginal Item: One Only. "Museum Grade" is not a term that we use often at all, so we do not use it lightly. However there is no better description for the condition of this rifle. It is the best example we have ever seen of the rare II Gwyn & Campbell Saddle Ring carbine, also known as the "Grapevine Carbine" due to the snake like curves in the trigger guard lever and long hammer. We received this out of an old collection that was very well curated,