U.S. M2 Browning .50 Caliber Steel Display Machine Gun with Original M63 Mount Magazines An eye witness

An eye witness

The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket shoulder-arm used by the United States Army and Marine Corps during the American Civil War

It can also be seen on the left side of the carriage in the view below

indication that this was used in battle and brought brought home as a trophy of war

The weapon also ceased to function when overheated

U.S. M2 Browning .50 Caliber Steel Display Machine Gun with Original M63 Mount Magazines An eye witnessNew Made & Original Item: This is a fine all steel newly made totally inert non firing . 50cal MG. The parts are not compatible with a live fire . 50cal and this display cannot be made to chamber nor fire a round. The M2 Machine Gun, Browning . 50 Caliber Machine Gun, is a heavy machine gun designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. It is very similar in design to John Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, which was chambered