Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts Virtually unissued condition with WWII

Virtually unissued condition with WWII dates and makers markings

No clear rational has been found to explain this uncommon occurrence

25 inches high

blown stitches

Pattern B- 40

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts Virtually unissued condition with WWIIOriginal 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