Original U.S. Civil War 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Confederate Marked Percussion Export Rifle by Potts & Hunt Japanese Marines and is also maker marked

and is also maker marked and dated FIC - 45

The proliferation of the photographic images allowed the public to be well informed in the discourses of war

The barrel measures 37"

They have lovely checkering around the grip

as it has been cut down

Original U.S. Civil War 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Confederate Marked Percussion Export Rifle by Potts & Hunt Japanese Marines and is also maker markedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is a very nice example of a 3rd Model Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket, as produced in England 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. The lock is marked POTTS & HUNT LONDON, and there is no "Crown" or "V. R." marking on the lock plate tail. The barrel does bear the correct British Proof Markings of