.64 caliber smoothbore. 23" barrel secured by two flat, pinned barrel bands. NSN. Browned and color casehardened finish, iron furniture, smooth walnut stock without an implement compartment in the toe of these stock. Single shot percussion breechloading tilting breech carbine with conventional hooked Hall  operating lever, ramrod bayonet, offset notch rear sight, offset blade front sight and eye bolt style sling ring in reverse of wrist. Breech weakly marked "J.H. HALL / H. FERRY / US / 1836" in four lines. These markings suggest extremely early production, possibly using already available rifle breech blocks, as the standard breech markings for these guns is a three line markings without the "H FERRY" line included. Only 2,020 Model 1836 Hall Carbines were produced at Harpers Ferry circa 1837-1840 and this appears to be one of the earliest ones to be made. These guns saw hard use with the 2nd Dragoons during the various campaigns against the Seminoles in Florida. {ANTIQUE}

Good to Near Very Good. Bore moderately oxidized and discolored, with bright sections closer to the breech. Metal with some thinning brown remaining, mixing with a moderately oxidized brown patina, some surface roughness and some lightly scattered patches of minor pitting. Markings remain partly legible, with the breech block markings weak. Mechanically functional action. Ramrod bayonet is present but the retention catch system is broken. Stock with moderate to heavy wear with cracks on either side of the forend tip, forward of the upper band. A 1.5" sliver is missing from this area on the obverse and reverse shows an unstable crack that should be stabilized. Stock with numerous dings, dings, scuffs and mars and with some significant wear on the obverse between the rear band and triggerguard area. Despite the wear and mars, there is no Hall crack present behind the breech block.