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Old 02-20-2003 | 07:10 AM
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Default RE: Can anyone help with an antique?

It sounds as though you have a British Enfield service rifle made just after the Crimean War. It should be a .58 caliber rifled arm with rifling designed to fire the British version of the Minie ball. The TOWER mark indicates the lock was manufactured at the Tower of London, and the other marking may be a stylized monogram of Queen Victoria, indicating the rifle is Crown property.
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