Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - circa 1860 German Field Gear This amazing piece of WW2

This amazing piece of WW2 history was originally acquired from the Wright Patterson Museum (National Museum of the USAF)

Comes complete with plastic screw top cap

lead bullets of about 1/2 ounce weight (218 gr - 32ga) were used instead of the much lighter clay pellets

- Wood handle

Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - circa 1860 German Field Gear This amazing piece of WW2Original 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