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ANCHOR Marked CIVIL WAR Antique O.P. DRISSEN BRAZILIAN Light Minie Rifle Percussion Rifle Manufactured in Liege, Belgium
Guns International #: 102608676 Seller's Inventory #: 234017
Category: Antique Rifles - Percussion - Civil War Rifles
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
ANCHOR Marked CIVIL WAR Antique O.P. DRISSEN BRAZILIAN Light Minie Rifle
Percussion Rifle Manufactured in Liege, Belgium
Here we present an antique O.P. Drissen & Company Brazilian Light Minie Rifle manufacture circa 1861 in Liege, Belgium. This gun was also known as the “Brazilian Contract Light Minie Rifle” and the “Brazilian Model 1855 Naval Rifle” and imported into New York in 1861 for the American Civil War. This gun is one of the most attractive, well balanced, and accurate of the percussion rifles used during the war. It was a unique combination of the features found on the British Pattern 1856/58/60 series of Enfield Short Rifles and the French Light Minie rifle.
It is estimated that the U.S. Government purchased between 4,000 and 6,000 of these rifles. On the Civil War Union purchasing agents records these guns are referred to as “Belgian rifles of Enfield pattern” or “Rifles, Liege, saber bayonet, caliber .577”. The source was the form of C.K. Garrison who had a U.S. Government contract to deliver 5,800 "Minie Rifles of Liege pattern with saber bayonets”. The “Brazilian Light Minie Rifle” was part of a contract destined for the Brazilian military but ended up being sold to the U.S. buyers instead. There are many known Civil War images of troops armed with these rifles.
There is no doubt this rifle would have been in the hands of a Union soldier fighting in the American Civil War.
The overall condition is good. Strong action. Good bore for its age. The stock is solid throughout with a stable repair near the toe. The stock is refinished. Three small holes are drilled into the top of the wrist.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 32 inches.
Caliber: .62 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1200
#234017
SOLD
Antique: Yes