Civil War Triplett & Scott Kentucky 22" Repeating Carbine (AL7026

There were 2,000 22” barrel carbines made for Kentucky by the Meriden manufacturing company, Meriden, CT, between 1864 and 1865. The .50 caliber rimfire barrel has a good bright bore with pitting foward the chamber. There is a seven-shot magazine tube in the butt. The operation of the action is unusual. Depressing the latch behind the hammer frees the barrel to be rotated, extracting the fired cartridge, then rotating further to line up with the magazine, and then on around to the firing position. The barrel and receiver have approximately 90% fading blue. The case colored action is mostly bright with no traces of colors. The wood is good with light issue dings and dents and the usual cracks in the wrist around the magazine tube. The left stock near the butt plate has barely visible small block letter inspectors’ marks (N/ W.B.). There is a single sling swivel at the bottom of the butt. The tang is marked “Triplett & Scott/ patent Dec. 6. 1864”. The left side of the receiver is marked “Kentucky”. Kentucky contracted for 5,000 Triplett & Scott carbines, with 3,000 having 30” barrels, in January 1865 for home guard units protecting Union supply lines. The action functions correctly. These 22” barrel carbines are much harder to find than the more common 30" barrel type. It would fit any Civil War carbine or Kentucky collection.