Original British P-1847 Enfield Manufactured 2nd Side Action Pattern Brunswick Rifle- Dated 1848 Flintlock Muskets and Rifles In a pale olive drab

In a pale olive drab color indicating later WW2 issue

it measures 39

the last rifle made by the Sharps Rifle Co

We have been told that it was used with a sling that had holes put in it

Original British P-1847 Enfield Manufactured 2nd Side Action Pattern Brunswick Rifle- Dated 1848 Flintlock Muskets and Rifles In a pale olive drabOriginal Item: Only One Available. Found in the Nepalese Cache purchase this is an Enfield made and British proofed 2nd Model Brunswick Percussion Rifle for belted ball first introduced in 1843 (See "Small Arms of the East India Company 1600 1856" by David Harding, Volume 2 pages 182 183) by the East India Company. In 1847 the British Government adopted the same pattern. Once again private enterprise led the way for government modernization. This is a