This carbine is based on the designs of Alonzo D. Perry patented in the late 1840s to mid 1850s. It has a different style of breechblock design than the usual Perry carbines and a loading cutout in the frame. It is meant to have the cartridge loaded into the breech end of the barrel like a Sharps or Starr carbine and then the block closed behind it rather than loading a paper cartridge into the breechblock like the usual Perry firearms. The left side of the frame has a saddle ring and the "PERRY PATENT ARMS/NEWARK NJ" marking. The left side of the lever/trigger plate has a "2" and then a little further back what appears to be an "8." The barrel has a brass front sight and a dovetailed notch rear sight. This earlier Perry carbine does not have the automatic primer tube design.

Good with a mix of aged patina and cold blue finish, moderate oxidation and pitting mainly inside the lever and bottom of the frame, a crack in the lower tang, and general moderate wear. The replaced forearm is very good. The replacement buttstock is good and has a spliced section along the bottom of the wrist and some minor chips. Mechanically fine.