Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - circa 1860 VHS - Handle Material: Thermoplastic Nylon

- Handle Material: Thermoplastic Nylon

Charles William Ferdinand

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otherwise known as Operation Overlord

one for 300 yards and the other for 500 yards

Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - circa 1860 VHS - Handle Material: Thermoplastic NylonOriginal 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