Original East India Company Flintlock Saddle Ring Carbine - Dated 1798 Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia the basic 1861 evolved into

the basic 1861 evolved into the Springfield Model 1873 which served the US until being replaced in the 1890s by modern breech loading rifles chambered for new smokeless powder rounds that were far superior to the Model 1873

Original Item: German WWII MG 15 combination tool

Possibly the flash was replaced in 1918 or the helmet made two years earlier had not yet been issued

This is the finest replica on the market today

Original East India Company Flintlock Saddle Ring Carbine - Dated 1798 Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia the basic 1861 evolved intoOriginal Item: Only One Available. Found in our Nepalese cache purchase this was a total mystery until recently an EIC collector explained that this is an EIC flintlock carbine introduced around 1780 that started life with a 26" barrel reference SMALL ARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 1600 1856", pages 206 to 224. Something happened to this Carbine and it was returned to workshop in the late 1840s where the barrel was shortened to just 17. 5 which was