Info on good carbine book

[ohio charlie]

I am interested in a good book on civil war carbines that would have pictures or drawings on how they worked. I am interested in the internals of the rifles to see how they worked. If I had titles and authors I could get them at library on loan. Thanks for help

[bobanderson]

Here's one I recently bought. It has scale drawings of the actions and the ammunition.

John Pitman
Breech-Loading Carbines of the United States Civil War Period (The Pitman Notes on U.S. Martial Small Arms and Ammunition, 1776-1933 , Vol 1)

Thre are 4 volumes in the complete set, but don't know what all they cover.

John Holland has the set and might be able to expound.

Of course, there's always Amazon and Google.

[ohio charlie]

Carbines of the Civil War by McAulay will fill the bill. If you want your own copy I'll sell you mine - very good condition for $15 ppd.

I would like to own that copy. I will send a PM. Thanks