Original British P-1847 East India Company 2nd Side Action Pattern Brunswick Rifle - Regiment Marked Technical Books The M23 and M23A1 consist

The M23 and M23A1 consist of three basic parts: a steel stabilizer tube assembly

Appears to have been custom made

Comes complete with original matched brass mounted steel scabbard that has some initials on the top mount

Its mission on Leyte was to take and hold the passes through the mountains in the center of the island

therefore 1777 dated butt caps on pistols manufactured by a maker that opened his business in 1782 would not be unusual

Original British P-1847 East India Company 2nd Side Action Pattern Brunswick Rifle - Regiment Marked Technical Books The M23 and M23A1 consistOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased from a private collection in England, this is a very nice East India Company P 1947 2nd Model Brunswick Percussion Rifle. These rifles were made for belted ball ammunition, first introduced in 1843 (See Small Arms of the East India Company 1600 1856 by David Harding, Volume 2 pages 182 183) by the East India Company. In 1847 the British Government adopted the same pattern. Once again private enterprise led