Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - c.1860 Empire Edged Weapons with number 4081

with number 4081

they returned with news on the location and strength of enemy troops

It measures 5 inches wide by 3

early in World War II

Each has a carrying mount

Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - c.1860 Empire Edged Weapons with number 4081Original 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 mostly 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