I have a snider its basically a 3 band enfield which shoots cartridges. Used to shoot quite well once I had sorted a bullet that fitted the rifling. Now off ticket and looking lovely on my wall
I have a snider its basically a 3 band enfield which shoots cartridges. Used to shoot quite well once I had sorted a bullet that fitted the rifling. Now off ticket and looking lovely on my wall
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Yes, partly. It's a lot more complicated than that. The British Army adopted it in 1866 as a conversion system for its ubiquitous Pattern 1853 Enfield muzzle-loading rifles, and used it until 1874 when the Martini–Henry rifle began to supersede it. The British Indian Army used the Snider–Enfield until the end of the nineteenth century. Although issued with the Snider prior to Confederation in 1867, Canada retained the Snider in full military issue until the arrival of the Lee-Enfield. I have two Canadian Sniders, the earlier one - without the iconic DC in diamond stamp - is a five-groove, two
two-band short rifle, like the one that Rob is shooting in his Youtube video. My other one, a family heirloom, is a three-band rifle that was issued to the 44th Battalion of Infantry of the Welland and Lincoln County Militia, and saw service during the Fenian Revolt [on the government side, obviously].
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