Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Condition Hand Select:No Original Item: Original red Scots

Original Item: Original red Scots Guards Officer's Parade tunic with full Gold embroidery on Collar

Construction is either of brass or plated steel

these were purchased directly from the British Ministry of Defense

These receivers have been cut according to BATF regulations

In order to assist in your appreciation for these old flintlocks

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Condition Hand Select:No Original Item: Original red ScotsOriginal Item: Jacob Snider, an American from New York, developed this breech loading system for the P 1853 Enfield, the most prolific imported Percussion rifle in use by both the North and South during the U. S. Civil War. When the British Board of Ordnance appointed a Select Committee in 1864 the Snider system was swiftly adopted with the first breech loaders being issued in 1865 to British forces. Improved in 1867 by the use of Colonel Boxer's