GREENE CARBINE
.53 cal. paper cartridge, Maynard tape primed, lockplate marked "MASS. ARMS CO CHICOPEE FALLS, MA., U.S.A., 1856", single shot breech loader, barrel rotates to right and downward to expose breech, side mounted hammer, 18 or 22 in....
GREENE, JAMES DURRELL
Inventor and patentee of a breech loading carbine and rifle, and paper cartridges for same. Greene was also a Union Army officer.
Located in Cambridge and Millbury, MA, circa 1850s-1902.
GREENE, JAMES DURRELL Antiques Models
GREENE RIFLE
.53 cal. paper cartridge, single shot, underhammer bolt action, breech loading, marked "GREENE'S PATENT/NOV.17, 1857" on upper tang, 36 in. round barrel with English Charles Lancaster type oval bore rifling, adj. rear and blade fr...