Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts 25 inches high

25 inches high

This extremely popular and rare model was the first rifle to become standard issue in the British Army

Pattern B- 40

The Hair covered ball is secured by a brass ball collar below a silver nickel domed metal cap threaded onto the top of the rod

5-mm flare signal that produces a blue smoke streamer

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts 25 inches highOriginal 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