Original British P-1853 Enfield 3rd Model Percussion Rifle dated 1860 - V.R. & New Zealand Marked MG 15 June brought some of the

June brought some of the most momentous days of the 323rd

with machining marks still visible on multiple parts of the blade

There is some tape on creases holding it together

This comes to IMA from a deceased customer who purchased this rifle from us almost on the day we discovered it in the shipment of over 55

Navy Issue leather scabbard

Original British P-1853 Enfield 3rd Model Percussion Rifle dated 1860 - V.R. & New Zealand Marked MG 15 June brought some of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is a very nice example of the 3rd Model Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket, with brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap. The three steel barrel bands are held on with screw pressure, as typical of the 3rd model, and bear British Proof marks. The lock is marked 1860 ENFIELD below the cap bolster, indicating manufacture at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock, where the P 1853 was designed. It