Original British Pattern-1864 Gurhka Snider Artillery Short Rifle with p-56 Saber Bayonet c.1870 Swords and is approximately 42 inches

and is approximately 42 inches in overall length

Our offered example measures approximately 5 inches long

often called a "potato masher"

Five steel tensioners with brass locking wing nuts

which is the double Sig rune emblem of the SS: ᛋᛋ

Original British Pattern-1864 Gurhka Snider Artillery Short Rifle with p-56 Saber Bayonet c.1870 Swords and is approximately 42 inchesOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This in a manner of speaking is an old friend, as we just repurchased it from one of our collector customers who had snapped this up from us in 2003. Of the 55,000 guns we purchased from the Royal Nepalese Army, 50,000 that were pre 1898, there were fewer than 50 Snider Artillery Short Rifles which took a separate Sword bayonet and there were even fewer of the Sword Bayonets. This example was felt to be the very best we