Description
The FN Model 1903 (M1903
NOTE: Due to weight and size
The curve of the blade
plain wood
The case length is 102 mm
Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Condition Hand Select:Yes The FN Model 1903 (M1903Original 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