Original U.S. Civil War Era P-1856 Enfield Two Band Percussion Export Rifle Converted to Peabody Patent Breechloader - dated 1862 m the lifeboat drill

the lifeboat drill

There is only light powder burn around the cap nipple

A British Signalman is in the act of taking the enemy message from the container about the dog’s neck

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after being rejected by a Navy doctor because she was underweight

Original U.S. Civil War Era P-1856 Enfield Two Band Percussion Export Rifle Converted to Peabody Patent Breechloader - dated 1862 m the lifeboat drillOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is a very interesting Peabody Patent converted breech loading rifle, which began life as a muzzle loading 3rd Model Pattern 1856 Enfield Short Rifle Musket. It was originally produced in England with brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap. It still has the correct two steel barrel bands held on with screw pressure, typical of the 3rd model. The screws are not recessed, as they would be on the