1853 3 band Tower Enfield (reproduction or Original?)

[loiner1965]

A 'few' Sniders?

Wow! Do tell.

tac

3 band portugeuse
3 band nepalese (rare one as this extracts cases after firing ) usually nepalese ones you have to roger them out due to chamber issues.
also have a 2 bander which i think is a navy issue....all mk3 version

edit.....also a civilian 2 band sporter....off top of my head i think its a mk 2 with a safety device fitted.
its put away as someone rebarrelled it and it just doesnt fit right.....about 1/16 of a turn lol

[mel h]

Jake, looking at the close ups of the lock area I would say that it looks to be an original 19th C. Enfield, almost certainly not one of the 20th C. reproductions. As has been mentioned here the proof marks are important thing. Also the fact that it has an adjustable rear sight sets it above the inferior Indian arms issued after the mutiny. I would assume that it is rifled?

[Huttles94]

Jake, looking at the close ups of the lock area I would say that it looks to be an original 19th C. Enfield, almost certainly not one of the 20th C. reproductions. As has been mentioned here the proof marks are important thing. Also the fact that it has an adjustable rear sight sets it above the inferior Indian arms issued after the mutiny. I would assume that it is rifled?

Last time I checked I could not see any rifling. But the gun could use a clean.

[TA6319]

The chamber on mine is fairly roomy, so I am able to use 24 gauge Magtech brass with a .600 round ball.
I load with black powder with semolina on top.
I can hit a torso sized target at 100 yards every time, which given the sights and my eyes is not bad.

[loiner1965]

The chamber on mine is fairly roomy, so I am able to use 24 gauge Magtech brass with a .600 round ball.
I load with black powder with semolina on top.
I can hit a torso sized target at 100 yards every time, which given the sights and my eyes is not bad.

only used .592 bullet in mine but will try and seat a .600 ball sometime...
also have D and E and a F versions of the eic 1842 muskets but these are wall hangers at the minute....they are shooters but not on my ticket yet lol

[TA6319]

3 band portugeuse
3 band nepalese (rare one as this extracts cases after firing ) usually nepalese ones you have to roger them out due to chamber issues.
also have a 2 bander which i think is a navy issue....all mk3 version

edit.....also a civilian 2 band sporter....off top of my head i think its a mk 2 with a safety device fitted.
its put away as someone rebarrelled it and it just doesnt fit right.....about 1/16 of a turn lol

loiner that makes two of use with Nepalese sniders that work. I find it very nice to shoot.

[tacfoley]

loiner that makes two of use with Nepalese sniders that work. I find it very nice to shoot.

That's good to know - so many of these older guns are hanging on walls, or propping them up somewhere. Please tell me about your reloading. Over in Canadia we do a LOT of shooting with Sniders, since so many of them have survived military/militia service, like my three-band. With that in mind, a company called XC-Ring Sefvices, based in Spokane WA, makes a special .6002cal mould that exactly duptlicates the original Snider bullet, being somewhat squatter than a Minié-style, and lacking the hollow base, again, as per original. They are not exactly giving them away, but to get the best out of a Snider - and they can show amazing accuracy - such a bullet really is necessary. Martynm the boss, is more than welcome visitor to the Alberta shoots that you can see on Youtube

tac