W.C. Buddy Bass Antique Firearms Collection

Designed by Admiral John Dahlgren to replace the sword pattern bayonets of the era. Designed for naval close quarter combat on the model 1861 Plymouth

Type I musket in good original condition.

Type II carbine 25" barrel

40" barrel

40" barrel

serial no. 1291

Rare earliest version. In 1861, William Dickson, Owen O. Nelson, and Dr. Lewis H. Sadler started the Shakanoosa Arms Co. in Dickson, Alabama. They rec

plate dated 1823, period converted to percussion.

39" barrel, Approximately .58 caliber

Type IV late production rifle. Rare example of a Confederate Model 1855 pattern rifle manufactured at the Fayetteville, North Carolina Armory in 1864.

Early production "High Hump' Fayetteville rifle in good condition.

Type II rifle. 33" barrel

Confederate attributed flintlock rifle converted to percussion. 30" barrel,

Eli Whitney M1861 Civil War Musket

US Model 1817 H. Derringer Flintlock Rifle

Rare Confederate Talladega Alabama produced rifle that was rejected by the Confederacy due to it being non compliant / too small. Approximately 100 we

26" barrel 69 caliber lock plated dated 1847.‘Sappers & Miners” model, was contracted by the Ordnance Department in March 1847. Produced by...

Dated 1848

33" barrel

40" barrel