Original British P-1864 Tower-Marked Three Band Snider Rifle dated 1871 - Snider Patent Marked Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts The blade has two straight

The blade has two straight edges

too he will buss the town like his daddy used to do

This has to be one of the saddest items ever to pass through our hands

This model continued in production and in service well into the Napoleonic wars

Original British P-1864 Tower-Marked Three Band Snider Rifle dated 1871 - Snider Patent Marked Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts The blade has two straightOriginal item: Only one Available. This may 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 and forged an Empire for Queen Victoria. This late Snider is marked TOWER 1871 on the Lock Plate and also carries the stamping of the CROWN across its tail. HOWEVER there is NO "V. R." royal cypher. This tells