Original British P-1864 Snider MkII** Three Band Rifle by Birmingham Small Arms - dated 1871 Price_over $990 mostly complete

mostly complete

The front section of the receiver is completely solid and there is no barrel inside the barrel jacket

The rifle still retains a high percentage of original blue color but is generally turning to brown

The butt is made of beechwood and has a wood lidded patch box

Only the small stain on the muzzle end prevent it from grading excellent

Original British P-1864 Snider MkII** Three Band Rifle by Birmingham Small Arms - dated 1871 Price_over $990 mostly completeOriginal item: Only one Available. This came to us out a private collection we recently acquired, and did not come out of Nepal. It may well have been one of the LAST SNIDER Rifles to be constructed for Military use in that it is dated 1871, the year the British Government adopted THE MARTINI HENRY system. The Martini took the Military by storm and forged an Empire for Queen Victoria. This late Snider is marked B. S. A. Co. 1871 on the Lock Plate and