Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - c.1860 Crimean War Sicily became the seventh campaign

Sicily became the seventh campaign streamer to be added to the regiment's colors

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

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Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - c.1860 Crimean War Sicily became the seventh campaignOriginal 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