Original U.S. Evans 1877 New Model .44 Caliber Repeating Carbine - 28 Round Magazine Russian Issue Equipment Some may not have the

Some may not have the end fitting that is pictured

The crossguard arms have nice patina sloping downward in their three segments

and much of the lower half of Japan

Peabody ought to be well known by all fans of military firearms–but it isn’t

Original U.S. Evans 1877 New Model .44 Caliber Repeating Carbine - 28 Round Magazine Russian Issue Equipment Some may not have theOriginal Item: One Only. Invented by Warren R. Evans of Thomaston, Maine production started in 1873 by "Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company of Mechanic Falls, Maine." Only 15,000 Evans firearms were manufactured in a six year period and then the company declared bankruptcy in 1879, a victim of the Post Civil War arms industry glut and stiff competition. The amazing thing about the Evans system was the THIRTY FOUR round tubular magazine housed in the