Starr Carbine
name: label: patentee
content: Starr, E. T.
label: maker
content: Starr Arms Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The .54 caliber Starr carbine was designed by Ebenezer Starr, the son of gunmaker Nathan Starr, Jr. Its action was very similar to the Sharps carbine, using the trigger guard/lever to drop the breech block for loading. However, it did not perform as well as the Sharps in the field. Starr also produced a .52 caliber rimfire model, but they were not delivered until March and April of 1865.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Yonkers
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.248842
label: catalog number
content: 248842
label: accession number
content: 48783
label: serial number
content: 00061
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .54 In; Rifled; 09; 03
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, carbine: 37 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 95.885 cm x 5.3975 cm