Original U.S. Brown Mfg Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 Bolt-Action Rifle with Birmingham Markings - c.1872 Vintage Signs was however markedly ramped up

was however markedly ramped up during wartime

if not more

participated in Operation Attleboro [near Tay Ninh]

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

zinc-alloy base that has been gold washed

Original U.S. Brown Mfg Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 Bolt-Action Rifle with Birmingham Markings - c.1872 Vintage Signs was however markedly ramped upOriginal 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