Original U.S. Brown Manufacturing Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 .58 Caliber Bolt-Action Rifle - c.1872 Category_Receiver Top Cover Naval officers wore a variety

Naval officers wore a variety of different colored uniforms in service

The standard "S" third model side plate and a British proofed Barrel

• barrel tang stamped 77

the M3's blade design continued in U

The War Department Broad Arrow mark is also present

Original U.S. Brown Manufacturing Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 .58 Caliber Bolt-Action Rifle - c.1872 Category_Receiver Top Cover Naval officers wore a varietyOriginal Item. Only One Available. Extremely rare, this was manufactured by the BROWN MANUFACTURING COMPANY of NEWBURYPORT, MASS . by John Hamilton BROWN, using George MERRILL's Patent of OCTOBER 17th 1871. The rifle started life as a . 577 caliber Pattern of 1853 percussion Rifle Musket supplied to the United States during the Civil War, and was an attempt to convert these surplus rifles to breech loading. The Company only lasted from 1869 until