Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - circa 1860 German Field Gear Comes complete with plastic screw

Comes complete with plastic screw top cap

having been stored and well-cared for

500 m) long without any units in reserve

inheriting his father's baronetcy in 1852

lead bullets of about 1/2 ounce weight (218 gr - 32ga) were used instead of the much lighter clay pellets

Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - circa 1860 German Field Gear Comes complete with plastic screwOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something you don't see every day, and this is indeed the only example we have had of a Greene Under Hammer Rifle. The system was invented by LT. COLONEL J. DURRELL GREENE and patented on NOV. 17. 1857 as stamped on the tang. This is the rifle that introduced the bolt action system to the U. S. Army, probably somewhat copying the German 1841 Dreyse Needle fire Rifle. However, it proved somewhat premature, and