Original British P-1864 Snider Conversion Rifle marked Maybury & Sons - Dated 1857 Receiver Top Cover on underside

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Butler was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 21 March 1944

After almost two months of combat

cross-hatched embossing

Sparks crew including on the B-17 #42-29800 Me and My Gal and B-17 #41-24615 Target for Tonite

Original British P-1864 Snider Conversion Rifle marked Maybury & Sons - Dated 1857 Receiver Top Cover on undersideOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fine rifle stared life in 1857 as a percussion three band Enfield P 1853 Rifle, made by MAYBURY & SONS, as indicated on the lock plate. This Birmingham Maker started business in 1840, and produced arms for several decades. The rifle was then converted to the Snider system in Kathmandu Nepal at the NAKKU Arsenal, overseen by British "advisers". Full Infantry length with regulation brass mounts, this example which