Original Rare U.S. Made British Contract Greene Patent Breech Loading Carbine with Maynard Tape Primer System Serial 824 - Professionally Refinished Magazines its popularity was likely because

its popularity was likely because it was not only robust enough to hack through heavy ropes

The second pattern (1937) rank brooches were utilized until a third and final pattern was introduced in October of 1939

Condition is good but it does show age and weathering

though the bayonet has been sharpened

NOTE: the radio equipment has not been tested and there is no guarantee that it is functional

Original Rare U.S. Made British Contract Greene Patent Breech Loading Carbine with Maynard Tape Primer System Serial 824 - Professionally Refinished Magazines its popularity was likely becauseOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a magnificent example of the very rare Greene Patent breech loading carbine. Mostly known for his early breech loading design involving an "underhammer" percussion cap, Lt. Colonel James D. Greene of Cambridge, Massachusetts also developed other early breech loading designs. One of these was this system, which utilized a breech that locked closed using two lugs 180 degrees apart, which had a barrel that would