The Triplett & Scott carbines and rifles were manufactured by the Meriden Manufacturing Company in the final two years of the Civil War. Only 3,000 of the rifles and 2,000 of the carbines are estimated to have been produced. The Triplett & Scott system employs a novel design in which the barrel group rotates to the right. As it passes the right side of the action the spent cartridge is extracted. Then, when the breech has rotated approximately 270 degrees, a new cartridge is pushed into the chamber from the magazine tube in the stock. They were designed for the 56-50 Spencer cartridge. Very few of these firearms saw use during the Civil War. The whole 5,000 appear to have been sold on a contract executed on January 2, 1865, to the State of Kentucky for use by the Kentucky home guard troops who were called upon to protect Sherman's supply lines. They were delivered in May after the war had ended. This example was clearly designated for that purpose based on the small "KENTUCKY" stamp on the left side of the breech. The upper tang is marked "TRIPLET & SCOTT/PATENT DEC 6 1864", and the left side of the receiver is marked "MERIDEN MANFG Co./MERIDEN CONN." Meriden Manufacturing Company was Charles Parker's second venture into firearms production prior to making the famous Parker Brothers shotguns. The carbine has a blade front sight and folding ladder rear sight. The forearm is secured by a screw and a single barrel band. The straight wrist buttstock has swivels on the top and bottom and a slightly curved buttplate.