Original British P-1853 Enfield Three Band Rifle Converted to Snider Mk.II** by B.S.A. Co. - dated 1853 Japanese Ordnance where it was manufactured in

where it was manufactured in 1943

For most of the war

CL on the back

The shaft of the grenade is marked 1943

Original British P-1853 Enfield Three Band Rifle Converted to Snider Mk.II** by B.S.A. Co. - dated 1853 Japanese Ordnance where it was manufactured inOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased from the estate of a long time IMA customer, this was personally selected from the many Snider rifles that came to us as part of the Nepal Cache in 2005. Unlike almost all of the Sniders we received, this rifle is 100% all British manufacture, starting life in 1853 as a . 577 caliber three band ENFIELD Percussion Rifle model of P 1853. The lock is plate stamped "CROWN" over V. R. and 1853 ENFIELD,