Original British P-1861 Enfield Two Band Short Rifle Converted to P-1866 Snider Mk.I* with Saber Bayonet - dated 1862 MG 42 measuring 25" is dated 1862

measuring 25" is dated 1862 on the ricasso

and the 509th was disbanded with the survivors and returning wounded being sent to the 82nd or 13th Airborne Divisions as replacements

know as the “Berdan Sharpshooters”

These pistols represent an important step in the way that firearms were designed and procured in the British armed forces

the 2nd Cavalry would be commanded by many company-grade officers such as Captains Wesley Merritt and Theophilus Francis Rodenbough

Original British P-1861 Enfield Two Band Short Rifle Converted to P-1866 Snider Mk.I* with Saber Bayonet - dated 1862 MG 42 measuring 25" is dated 1862Original Item: Only One Available. This rifle is 100% all British manufacture, starting life in 1862 as a . 577 caliber two band ENFIELD Percussion Short Rifle model of P 1861. The "two band" short rifle was first introduced in 1856, and was updated in 1860 with 5 groove "fast twist" rifling, and again in 1861 with the recessed screw "Baddeley" bands, as with the 4th Model of the Long rifle. With the 5 groove rifling and Baddeley bands, this