Original U.S. Brown Mfg Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 Bolt-Action Rifle with Birmingham Markings - c.1872 Vintage Signs 75 or 100 to recognize

75 or 100 to recognize those soldiers that had taken part in numerous attacks

Greene purchased the machinery for producing his oval-rifled barrels from the Charles Lancaster firm of London

zinc-alloy base that has been gold washed

This cheek piece is very reminiscent of a Wheel lock Rifle butt

He joined the HJ on May 12th

Original U.S. Brown Mfg Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 Bolt-Action Rifle with Birmingham Markings - c.1872 Vintage Signs 75 or 100 to recognizeOriginal Item. Only One Available. Extremely rare, this was manufactured by the BROWN MANUFACTURING COMPANY of NEWBURYPORT, MASS . by John Hamilton BROWN, using George MERRILL's Patent of OCTOBER 17th 1871. The rifle started life as a . 577 caliber Pattern of 1853 percussion Rifle Musket supplied to the United States during the Civil War, and was an attempt to convert these surplus rifles to breech loading. The Company only lasted from 1869 until