British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Artillery Carbine w/ P-56 Saber Bayonet: Untouched Russian Army Original Item: Straight from our

Original Item: Straight from our recent exclusive discovery of arms in the royal palace of Nepal

This is an extremely rare Army Officer's "Nile Sword" that in place of a British Lion has an Egyptian Camel Head on the Pommel

Original Item: Late 19th Century manufacture

which is equipped with a cap with attached brush

British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Artillery Carbine w/ P-56 Saber Bayonet: Untouched Russian Army Original Item: Straight from ourOriginal Item: EXTREMLY LIMITED QUANTITIES. 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 breechloaders being issued in 1865 to British forces. Improved in 1867 by the