Andrew Lustyik served in Army intelligence during the Korean War era, then became a New York State Trooper. For decades, he was also one of Gun Report’s most respected writers. All the while, he was building the finest collection of Civil War carbines we’ve ever seen. Many of these breechloaders appeared in his articles, and few collectors have seen them in person since.
These are rare experimental breechloaders, several tested by the U.S. Army and Navy as inventors competed for military contracts. The makers include Howe, Brand, Soule, Symmes, and Gray. There’s also a Merrill, Latrobe & Thomas Jenks “mule ear” that the Navy tested in 1858. Several are the only examples of their kind we’ve ever handled.
00:00 – The Andrew Lustyik Collection
01:17 – Who Was Andrew Lustyik?
02:58 – Soule Prototype Carbine
03:42 – Smithsonian Joslyn Model 1862
04:18 – Howe 1865 Trials Prototype
04:56 – Brand Prototype Carbine
05:31 – Symmes Prototype Carbine
06:15 – First Model Burnside
06:54 – Merrill, Latrobe & Thomas Jenks Mule Ear
07:18 – Joshua Gray 1866 Prototype
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