Original British P-1847 Tower Marked 2nd Side Action Pattern Brunswick Rifle - Dated 1849 Category_Spade Grip Assembly Has a nice aged patina

Has a nice aged patina on most the metal components

dating to the 1830s or 1840s

and has 6 large Japanese characters drawn on it

cloth covers and other devices to this end

“ar” indicates manufacture by Mauser Werke

Original British P-1847 Tower Marked 2nd Side Action Pattern Brunswick Rifle - Dated 1849 Category_Spade Grip Assembly Has a nice aged patinaOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased from a private collection in England, this is a very nice Tower Marked and British proofed 2nd Model Brunswick Percussion Rifle. These rifles were made for belted ball ammunition, 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