Original 1851 Bengal Irregular Saddle Ring Cavalry Carbine by Greener U.S. Marines USMC 1940 (Heft 14)

1940 (Heft 14)

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Original 1851 Bengal Irregular Saddle Ring Cavalry Carbine by Greener U.S. Marines USMC 1940 (Heft 14)Original Item: One Only. According to David Harding wonderful work: SMALL ARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1600 1856 Volume TWO, pages 497 498, this percussion carbine was manufactured by W. Greener circa 1851 for "Skinner's Horse", part of the 1st. BENGAL IRREGULAR CAVALRY. Our example, as illustrated in Harding's book, is marked W. GREENER on the lock plate. The carbine has a 20" barrel with swivel ramrod, a saddle bar to the left side with a saddle