Original British P-1853 Experimental Trapdoor System Trials Rifle by Barnett of London Helmets Nice tailors label

Nice tailors label

The donor of the Card Case is the old General's granddaughter

the English PDSA (People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals) Dickin bronze Medal

1940 (Heft 25)

and scabbard throat are also all marked S19

Original British P-1853 Experimental Trapdoor System Trials Rifle by Barnett of London Helmets Nice tailors labelOriginal Item: One of a Kind. The British Government trials to convert the famous P 1853 Percussion Rifle Musket to breech loading was a very crowded affair. It resulted with the British adopting the system designed by Jacob Snider (An American) in 1866. This resulted in the SniderEnfield Breech Loading rifle, which became the main British service rifle until the Martini Henry supplanted it in 1874. Here we offer one of its competitors: a trap door