Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts the production code number always

the production code number always fell below the alpha-numeric factory code

The Hair covered ball is secured by a brass ball collar below a silver nickel domed metal cap threaded onto the top of the rod

it is true that this model helmet was the one on which the design of Darth Vader's helmet in the "Star Wars" films was based upon

This extremely popular and rare model was the first rifle to become standard issue in the British Army

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts the production code number alwaysOriginal 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