Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895/14 Potato Digger Display Gun with Tripod - Serial No. 2624 Snider Rifles & Bayonets 42-87690 and 42-86832

42-87690 and 42-86832

This is a collection of 12 Vietnam War and post war era patches most of which are related to the AC-130 Gun Ship

typical of German brass instruments

overall good metal finish with all stock proofs still present

Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895/14 Potato Digger Display Gun with Tripod - Serial No. 2624 Snider Rifles & Bayonets 42-87690 and 42-86832Original Item: Only One Available. The ColtBrowning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air cooled, belt fed, gas operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. Based on a John Browning and Matthew S. Browning design dating to 1889, it was the first successful gas operated machine gun to enter service. The diggers unique system utilized a piston operated by