Original British Pattern-1864 Gurhka Snider Artillery Short Rifle with p-56 Saber Bayonet c.1870 Swords which is the double Sig

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

often called a "potato masher"

36 caliber

Our offered example measures approximately 5 inches long

In the 1880's the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo

Original British Pattern-1864 Gurhka Snider Artillery Short Rifle with p-56 Saber Bayonet c.1870 Swords which is the double SigOriginal 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