Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - c.1860 Crimean War as well as rectangular eye

as well as rectangular eye slots and a multitude of small circular cutouts to aid in ventilation

the government was looking for cost effective ways to modernize their rifles

The steel body is painted brown and features an aluminum fuse and screw off aluminum base

with the remaining paint in a delicate condition

indicting use by the 107th Field Artillery Regiment

Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - c.1860 Crimean War as well as rectangular eyeOriginal 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 and patented by LT. COLONEL J. DURRELL GREENE, as indicated on the barrel tang markings, which are partly faded: GREENE'S PATENT. NOV. 17. 1857 This is the rifle that introduced the bolt action system to the U. S. Army, probably somewhat copying the German 1841 Dreyse