Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Condition Hand Select:Yes The case length is 102

The case length is 102 mm

We have photographed a cleaned version

The curve of the blade

it was designed as a purpose-built breechloader using Friedrich von Martini’s strong falling block action together with Alexander Henry’s rifled barrel system

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Condition Hand Select:Yes The case length is 102Original 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