Original Rare U.S. Edwin Wesson Ornate .41cal Percussion Match Rifle Similar to Civil War Sharpshooter Models MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 57

Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 57

5 inches high

perhaps they were friends in training school

The butt plate is regimentally marked

Earlier models came with a shoulder strap but this model did not

Original Rare U.S. Edwin Wesson Ornate .41cal Percussion Match Rifle Similar to Civil War Sharpshooter Models MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 57Original Item: One of a Kind. EDWIN WESSON, 1811 1849 was the older Brother of Danial Wesson who together with Horace Smith founded the Famous SMITH & WESSON COMPANY in 1855. Daniel Wesson worked with his brother EDWIN WESSON developing these precision Match Rifles during the 1840's, and contracted with Samuel Colt to supply 1,000 Barrels for the Colt Walker Revolvers. EDWIN WESSON sadly died in 1849, leaving his younger brother DANIEL WESSON to