Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
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Greene, James |   | Milbury | Massachusetts | 1859 | 1863 |
Patent | Date | Remarks |
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Contract | for |
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U.S. 1860 to 1863 | 900 Rifles |
Product |
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.53 caliber (sometimes stated .54 caliber) Single shot, underhammer bolt-action percussion rifle,
36" barrel, marked "Greene's Patent/Nov. 17, 1857". To load the rifle first a single bullet had to
load following by a combusible cartridge tha thad its bullet at the base which acting as gas seal.
About 4,000 were made by the A.H. Waters Armory |