A solid, very good attic condition,  Confederate Dixon Nelson Rifle.   These guns were made under contract for the State of Alabama.  The contract was for 5,000 guns but the documentation in the Alabama State Archives only substantiates payment for 645 rifles.  Most are 1865 date, manufactured at Dawson, Georgia.  This one is an 1864 date, which might have been manufactured at Macon, Georgia or possibly at the new plant in Dawson.  It has a 33 inch, .58 caliber barrel which retains its rifling.  The stock is sound and the metal, both brass and iron, is nicely patinaed.  The lock is marked, forward of the hammer, Dixon Nelson & Co. over CS and behind the hammer, ALA. over 1864.  The left rear of the barrel is marked ALA 1864.  This mark is the State of Alabama acceptance mark and was applied to most of Alabama's contract arms when they were accepted for payment.  The sights and swivels are original.  A really nice, honest Dixon Nelson.  SOLD!!