Original U.S. Whitney Arms Co. Rolling Block Carbine Serial 82781 in .43 Spanish - circa 1885 British Flags After the war Potts became

After the war Potts became a corporate lawyer and one of Washington DC's most prominent attorneys

The ejection lever us also exceptionally engraved and personalized with CS for Charles Steele

and won awards for the wartime production

PARRIS-DUNN CORP

It was then converted to Gras in 1880

Original U.S. Whitney Arms Co. Rolling Block Carbine Serial 82781 in .43 Spanish - circa 1885 British Flags After the war Potts becameOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a very nice Whitney Arms Co. Rolling block carbine, which is essentially a clone of the Remington Rolling block system, with some minor changes. It was made by the well known Whitney Arms Company, based in that time in both New Haven and Whitneyville Connecticut. The latter area, today near Hamden Connecticut, was so named due to it's association with the famous Eli Whitney, the inventor of the Cotton Gin.