Original British P1853 Snider Conversion Rifle - Tower - 1858 - Snider Patent Marked Water Jacket Assembly and they are massive

and they are massive

7) Spring steel split axis pin

His work is classed as Medium to High grade gendaiito

Nepal back in 2003

Engravings of the great age of sieges

Original British P1853 Snider Conversion Rifle - Tower - 1858 - Snider Patent Marked Water Jacket Assembly and they are massiveOriginal Item: Only one available. This is original an English made (not Nepalese) Pattern 1853 muzzle loading rifle. It was converted to a breech loading Snider rifle sometime in the 1860s by the British Military. The lock plate is marked with a Crown VR and is dated 1858 TOWER. The Snider breech block door is marked Snider Patent and British proof and inspection mars can be found in multiple locations on the gun. IMA recovered very few true English