Original U.S. Evans 1877 New Model .44 Caliber Repeating Carbine - 28 Round Magazine Russian Issue Equipment and is maker marked on

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The very wide 7" blade has a high ridge down the center and is 2 1/8" wide at the hilt

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Also included in the display is a newspaper cutting from Time

Original U.S. Evans 1877 New Model .44 Caliber Repeating Carbine - 28 Round Magazine Russian Issue Equipment and is maker marked onOriginal 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