Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895/14 Potato Digger Display Gun with Tripod - Serial No. 2624 Snider Rifles & Bayonets and the scabbard still has

and the scabbard still has the original pistol belt hooks

The blade has been shortened from 20" down to 12"

featuring a plain smooth cylinder

The projectile is not crimped onto the shell casing and is still easily removable

We were in an English camp for three weeks while we got our equipment and made ready to move on

Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895/14 Potato Digger Display Gun with Tripod - Serial No. 2624 Snider Rifles & Bayonets and the scabbard still hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The ColtBrowning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air cooled, belt fed, gas operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. Based on a John Browning and Matthew S. Browning design dating to 1889, it was the first successful gas operated machine gun to enter service. The diggers unique system utilized a piston operated by