Original U.S. Brown Mfg Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 Bolt-Action Rifle with Birmingham Markings - c.1872 Vintage Signs participated in Operation Attleboro [near

participated in Operation Attleboro [near Tay Ninh]

was however markedly ramped up during wartime

This cheek piece is very reminiscent of a Wheel lock Rifle butt

The reverse features typical "salt & pepper" pattern

Greene purchased the machinery for producing his oval-rifled barrels from the Charles Lancaster firm of London

Original U.S. Brown Mfg Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 Bolt-Action Rifle with Birmingham Markings - c.1872 Vintage Signs participated in Operation Attleboro [nearOriginal Item. Only One Available. Extremely rare, this was manufactured by the BROWN MANUFACTURING COMPANY of NEWBURYPORT, MASS . by John Hamilton BROWN, using George MERRILL's Patent of OCTOBER 17th 1871. The rifle started life as a . 577 caliber Pattern of 1853 percussion Rifle Musket supplied to the United States during the Civil War, and was an attempt to convert these surplus rifles to breech loading. The Company only lasted from 1869 until