Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts Pattern B- 40

Pattern B- 40

which is one very large

5-mm flare signal that produces a blue smoke streamer

blown stitches

known as type C

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts Pattern B- 40Original 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