Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Eight Groove Barrel - Excellent Bore Category_Flintlock Pistols feed system was operated through

feed system was operated through the horizontally pivoting pin / levers system by recoiling barrel group

Each interior is marked with white print military codes and WW2 dates

by W Darrin Weaver

The cutting blade measures 6

dismounted M1910 with Lift-the-Dot fasteners and no charger retaining straps

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Eight Groove Barrel - Excellent Bore Category_Flintlock Pistols feed system was operated throughOriginal 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