Original U.S. Civil War Era 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Percussion Export Rifle - Marked Tower 1862 Japanese Military Maps - Rear Sight is rust

- Rear Sight is rust frozen

but was not brought into actual contact with them

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It is cracked and torn in various locations and the leather strap used to secure the frog to the scabbard is torn

Original U.S. Civil War Era 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Percussion Export Rifle - Marked Tower 1862 Japanese Military Maps - Rear Sight is rustOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is a nice service used example of the 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 screws are not recessed, as they would be on the "Baddeley" type bands used on the later 4th model. The lock is marked TOWER 1862 below the cap bolster,