Original British WWI SMLE Cup Grenade Launcher with Inert "Battlefield Pickup" Mills Bomb No. 36 Mk. 1 Grenade MG 42 Mounts and was followed in 1878

and was followed in 1878 by the "2nd Model"

The Model 1842 Muskets were made at the Springfield Arsenal and the Harper's Ferry Arsenal of John Brown fame

According to Heckman’s diary

Carbines such as this are very nice and now very hard to find

as detailed George Layman's book "The British Bulldog Revolver: The Forgotten Gun that Really Won the West

Original British WWI SMLE Cup Grenade Launcher with Inert "Battlefield Pickup" Mills Bomb No. 36 Mk. 1 Grenade MG 42 Mounts and was followed in 1878Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice serviced used "CUP" style grenade launcher, complete with an Inert "battlefield pickup" condition No. 36 Mk. 1 Grenade with attached base plate. The launcher was designed in WW1 for use with the No. 1 Mark III Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifle, enabling it to launch a "Mills Bomb" grenade in an arc trajectory. Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut