Original U.S. Civil War Era 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Percussion Export Rifle marked 1861 Tower with Socket Bayonet British Flags and is overall in very

and is overall in very delicate condition

The wire itself is in good shape

with standard ramrod

000 and it sold within days

Fighting had been bitter and casualties high

Original U.S. Civil War Era 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Percussion Export Rifle marked 1861 Tower with Socket Bayonet British Flags and is overall in veryOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is a nice service used example of the 3rd Model Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket, as produced in England with brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap. The three steel barrel bands are held on with screw pressure, as typical of the 3rd model. The screws are not recessed, as they would be on the "Baddeley" type bands used on the later 4th model. The lock is marked 1861 TOWER below the cap bolster,