Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - c.1860 Crimean War Lee and the Confederate Army

Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

with the remaining paint in a delicate condition

The steel body is painted brown and features an aluminum fuse and screw off aluminum base

as well as rectangular eye slots and a multitude of small circular cutouts to aid in ventilation

The build quality is second to none as this came from 5th Avenue New York and was probably the most expensive cap you could buy

Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - c.1860 Crimean War Lee and the Confederate ArmyOriginal 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 and patented by LT. COLONEL J. DURRELL GREENE, as indicated on the barrel tang markings, which are partly faded: GREENE'S PATENT. NOV. 17. 1857 This is the rifle that introduced the bolt action system to the U. S. Army, probably somewhat copying the German 1841 Dreyse