Carbines

[BruceHuxford]

Were carbines used during the American Revolution to the early fur trade out west, I'm developing a new persona but want to use a carbines? Or were they strictly used and developed during the Civil War and after?

 

[Cruzatte]

Oh no. Kevin Gladysz quotes several estate inventories of French Canadians in his book The French Trade Gun in North America where the deceased had owned a carbine. This being before 1763, mind you.

 

[Archer 756]

Note: Carbines are NOT SMOOTH BORE !

 

[Des52]

I have a Charleyville smoothbore dragoon carbine, so I don't know what your problem is with smoothbores with short barrels.

 

[smokepolehall]

I believe there were Naval carbine rifles as flintlocks.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Note: Carbines are NOT SMOOTH BORE !

In the 18th century, carbines certainly could be smooth bored!

 

[satwel]

The meaning of carbine according to Online Etymology:

a short rifle (in 19c. especially one adapted for mounted troops), 1580s, from French carabine (Middle French carabin), used of light horsemen and also of the weapon they carried; it is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Medieval Latin Calabrinus "Calabrian" (i.e., "rifle made in Calabria"). A less-likely theory (Gamillscheg, etc.) connects it to Old French escarrabin "corpse-bearer during the plague," literally (probably) "carrion beetle," said to have been an epithet for archers from Flanders.

also from 19c.

 

[BruceHuxford]

Y'all, definitely gave me something to think on and I appreciate it, much thanks

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

Were carbines used during the American Revolution to the early fur trade out west, I'm developing a new persona but want to use a carbines? Or were they strictly used and developed during the Civil War and after?

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...-the-american-revolution.167485/#post-2404806
Current thread in the flintlock section.

 

[Archer 756]

Stand corrected was not aware there where smooth bore carbines

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

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