Original Excellent British P-1853 Enfield V.R. Marked 1st Model Percussion Rifled Musket - dated 1855 Receivers Mihiel from San Fransisco to

Mihiel from San Fransisco to Pear Harbor

and was demobilized in February 1919

It has a pressure gauge on the end

It has not been cleaned

most likely removed long ago to "deactivate" the rifle

Original Excellent British P-1853 Enfield V.R. Marked 1st Model Percussion Rifled Musket - dated 1855 Receivers Mihiel from San Fransisco toOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is an EXCELLENT example of the earliest 1st 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. It has the correct early pattern ramrod with no cleaning jag at the end. The lock is marked 1855 TOWER, indicating acceptance at the Tower armory, and