Original U.S. Civil War 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Percussion Export Rifle - Marked 1863 Tower Category_Blunderbuss with a leather chin strap

with a leather chin strap held in by plain split pins

The snap for the retaining strap on the handle unfortunately pulled out

This is a extremely scarce variant of the father of American single shot martial pistols

The magazine housing is attached to a section of the receiver tube

The First Model was manufactured between 1858 and 1859

Original U.S. Civil War 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Percussion Export Rifle - Marked 1863 Tower Category_Blunderbuss with a leather chin strapOriginal 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 1863 TOWER at the bottom of the lock