Peabody Breech Loading Carbine manufactured by the Providence Tool Company, Providence, Rhode Island, between 1866 and 1871. The .50 caliber carbine has a military blue barrel with casehardened barrel band, receiver, hammer, lever and buttplate. The walnut stock and forearm are oil finished. The barrel has a steel block front sight and folding leaf rear sight with one, three and six-hundred yard notches. A staple-mounted sling ring is located on the left side of the receiver. The left side of the receiver is roll-stamped with the legend "PEABODY'S PAT./JULY 22, 1862/MAN'F'D BY/PROVIDENCE TOOL CO./PROV. R.I." in five lines. The Peabody inspection mark for foreign contract arms which consists of the script letters "W.C." in a rectangle is stamped on the left stock wrist. Single letter sub-inspection marks are stamped on most components. Although developed and tested during the Civil War it was not manufactured in quantity until after the end of the conflict; most of the 112,000 Peabody carbines and rifles were purchased by foreign governments. Most of the .50 caliber Peabody carbines were purchased by France and a few were subsequently resold in the United States for issue to state militias. Examples of Peabody carbines in excellent, un-issued, condition are scarce.