Original Tower Marked British P-1864 Snider Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Hand Select:No Waffen Amt stamps etc impressed

Waffen Amt stamps etc impressed into lid which has folding steel carry handle

meant to serve as a light machine gun in a support role

Troops on D-Day

The Bronze bolts could be cast and then required only slight machine finishing

Original Tower Marked British P-1864 Snider Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Hand Select:No Waffen Amt stamps etc impressedOriginal Item: Unlike the other unmarked Snider rifles we offer, IMA has found just a few with TOWER marked lock plates. While there is not question that the lock plate or the entire lock was made in England it is our belief these weapons we assembled in the kingdom of Nepal in the latter 1870s and 1880s. At that time the Nepalese were very adept gun makers and would use whatever good gun parts were available, therefore on some of these Snider rifles