The Queen's Royal Cypher and BSACo(Birmingham Small Arms Co) with a date. . Volunteer and militia forces continued to use it until the late 1880s. As a Mark III, this rifle was newly made at the time and features a BSAC over 1871 acceptance mark. We use cookies to ensure you have the best browsing experience and to help us improve our website. Underneath are the letters 'O.S.C. Being Sold as a . The Snider-Enfield was designed to fire the .577 Snider round. You are considering a vintage 1871 BSAC British Mark III Snider-Enfield Carbine. The Pattern 1863 Enfield Whitworth Rifle. The Pattern 1853 Fourth Model adapted to Snider. The Long Rifle was among the longest early rifles, with a 36in (0.91m) barrel. More Snider-Enfield Model P/53 Converted to Type II: Mk I* sight and action closed. No.1' & '10/5/66' (OSC=Ordnance Select Committee). Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives. This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our. Sold for US$ 585 inc. premium Antique Arms and Armour and Modern Sporting Guns. It also has a pivoting ring for a cavalry carbine snap hook situated at the end of the trigger guard tang. The Snider was a type of breech loading rifle. The first use of the Snider-Enfield would be the battle of Aroghee (Ethiopia) witht the Snider-Enfield being exported to the rest of the British Empire around that time. Tests proved the superiority of the breech loading mechanism (compared to the muzzle loading method of the Pattern 1853 Enfield and earlier muskets). British Enfield Rear Sight. Volunteer and militia forces continued to use it until the late 1880s. I have a Nepal Snider and wonder if there is a source that translates the symbols into English; also what is the time period on these rifles; headed for the range to see how it will group with a heavier charge. Weight Handguns that fall outside the Section 5 authority will be labelled ANTIQUE. Date made. The SniderEnfield used a new type of metal-cased cartridge called a Boxer cartridge after its designer. Original British P-1853 Enfield type Rifle Cleaning Rod. They can be readily identified by a sling ring set beneath the stock at the rear of the trigger guard. as requested in another thread, I'm adding the markings on my Snider 3 band II* with 1871-dated lock. Appearing on the shoe (breech block) of these Sniders. Snider-Enfield Commercial Model Receiver. Payment for purchases may be made in or by (a) cash, (b) cashier's check or money order, (c) personal check with approved credit drawn on a U.S. bank, (d) wire transfer or other immediate bank transfer, or (e) Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit, charge or debit card for returning clients only. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the buyer to be in compliance of laws that govern their specific location. 8lb 9oz (3.8kg) The rifles are British pattern as are the carbines. On the lockplate is a crown over 'VR' & 'Enfield' under '1865'. If you have any questions, please contact our Client Services team. The buttplate is held in by nails but fits nicely to the stock. Replicas and reproductions are produced, as per demand, by Euroarms and other companies. Add To Cart. The Martini-Henry replaced the Snider Enfield from 1874, however the Snider-Enfield would remain the standard firearm in India (as a result of the India Mutiny) as India remained one step behind the British Empire in terms of firearm evolution. Revised October 5, 1999, Copyright 1997-2023 Keith Doyon & Josh Underkofler. Copyright 1997-2023 Keith Doyon & Josh Underkofler, (Non-U.S.) Black Powder, Metallic Cartidge, Military Rifles. The Snider-Enfield entered service in 1866, replacing the Pattern 1853 Enfield (which would be converted to a breech-loading rifle), and remaining in service until 1901. Though that arrangement worked well, officials felt a more positive system would be prudent, so a latch was added to the thumb-piece. IMA considers all antique guns offered on our website as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. A good number of Mark III Carbines, including the gun shown here, saw use in Canada, most notably by the North-West Mounted Police, which adopted the piece in 1873 and carried it until it was replaced in 1878 by an admittedly superior repeating .45-75 Win. There were basically two versions of the British-issue Cavalry carbine, the Mark II** and the Mark III. Too, Canadian Cadet carbines, made from cut-down rifles and resembling the Mark III turn up from time-to-time. Numerous military markings. The Halifax Citadel Regimental Association does live-fire demonstrations in the Halifax Citadel; they have around 60 of these rifles. The Hunza Scouts may have been the last to use it in action (in the carbine version), in the Chitral campaign of 1895. Be the first to know of our latest discoveries and exclusive offers. British Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle Musket Replacement Hardwood Wood Stock. Middlesex County. I have had a necessary rethink about the Enfield lock in question and photographed my own examples to correct any misapprehension. The Cavalry Carbine was also half-stocked. There is also a large 1 below the cartouche. Sniders were offered in several models, including the standard three-band infantry rifle, a two-band Short Rifle and Artillery, Engineer and Cavalry Carbines, the latter of which is shown here. length commensurate with the short barrels of the carbines. This sale is now finished. However the barrel had two extra grooves and a tighter twist rate of 1:48, increasing the muzzle velocity and compensate for the reduced barrel length. On the butt is a circular Enfield mark and Museum of Artillery No.1481. As such it would be valued in the $1,150 to $1,300 range. Does there happen to be a diamond shape mark on the stock with a D in the center? If you have queries about lots purchased in this sale, please contact customer services. The barrel is circular external section, rifled with five grooves. The gun shown here, curiously marked to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment which, at least on paper, never was issued carbines, is in very good condition, with a perfect bore and retaining most of its bluing and case-hardening. Ever-thrifty, ordnance officers began searching for ways to convert old muzzle- and breech-loaders to handle the new ammunition; and enterprising inventors were more than up to the challenge, offering a dizzying variety of ingenious mechanisms. No.1' & '10/5/66' (OSC=Ordnance Select Committee). Description: Canadian issue antique MKIII Snider as marked and issued to the Carleton Regiment from Woodstock, NB. The bore is bright and shiny with okay-rifling and some fouling and pitting it would shoot straight it is chambered for the 577-Snider cartridge. Other versions were built to make the Snider-Enfield more usable. Revised September 1, 1999 Price$60.00 Notify when back in stock Part Number: W16231 SNYDER ENFIELD BREECHBLOCK PIVOT SHAFT, COLLAR AND RETAINING SCREW Contents 1 Design Details 2 Ammunition 3 Variants The American Jacob Snider invented this firearm action, and the SniderEnfield was one of the most widely used of the Snider varieties. Side-hinged Breechlock For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images. The breech loader part though has a BSA stamp, meaning this was a BSA rifle and not an Enfield orignally, easy fix for me though. Antique Mk III Snider Enfield Cavalry Carbine - 1870 Enfield. And the back blown out of his head. British Snider Enfield Unit Markings Moderators: The Double D, Viclav, Johnny Yuma, GrantR Canada, Carignan Salieres, vincent998 8 posts QCI Snider 33 21 Lance Corporal 8:44 PM - Mar 15 #1 Anyone out there recognize these unit markings? 1860 Original P-1864 Snider Rifle Striker / Firing Pin Spring. 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 MartiniHenry rifle began to supersede it. (Non-U.S.) Black Powder, Metallic Cartidge, Military Rifles, M1853/66 Snider-Enfield Mark I & Mark II (Converted) and M1866 Snider-Enfield Mark III (Newly built Patterns). PHOTOS: The rifle photos shown are from several 1874 Portuguese contract carbines with Portuguese and BSA&M Co markings which were built and delivered in 1875. For all Sales categories excluding Arms & Armour, Coins and Medals, Motor Cars, Motorcycles, Wine & Whisky. Mark IIIs, which were made in far larger numbers, came about when existing stores of suitable 1861s ran out. By the end of the American Civil War it was patently obvious that the self-contained cartridge was the wave of the future. Stock bearing Enfield stamp above a 1 and with double broad arrow condemned/sale mark above. This was remedied with a separate shoe, which could be screwed onto the rear of the barrel. Every musket, rifle, display machine gun, machine gun parts set or gun sold by IMA, Inc is engineered to be inoperable according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF). Please note our shipping quotes are bespoke and require special care and handling from our team and shippers. 6708, .577 caliber. If you have any complaints or questions about the Conditions of Sale, please contact your nearest customer services team. In Stock. The breechloader was definitely here to stay. Copyright 2023 National Rifle Association, Women On Target Instructional Shooting Clinics, Volunteer At The Great American Outdoor Show, Marion P. Hammer Women Of Distinction Award, Women's Wildlife Management / Conservation Scholarship, National Youth Shooting Sports Cooperative Program, This Old Gun: Bannerman's Special '37 Rifle, This Old Gun: Winchester Model 1895 Russian Musket, I Have This Old Gun: Terry Carbine | An Official Journal Of The NRA, 7 Simple Follow-Through Tips to Improve Your Accuracy (Right Now!) The barrel was fitted with two barrel bands. The Snider-Enfield was originally based on the Pattern 1853 Enfield, these versions known as the Mark I. ISBN 0 949749 43 5. . Lock fitted with correct cupped face hammer is engraved with Crowned VR to the tail with 1859 ENFIELD . MkII* - as per MkI* but built that way not altered from MkI. The 30.5" steel barrel has a fair bore. Snider-Enfield When the law goes into effect, the state will be the 26th that recognizes the right. The SniderEnfield was produced in several variants. Ammunition is reloaded into either modern production .577 Snider cases, or re-formed 24-gauge brass shotgun shells. Think of a semi-automatic pistol issued to U.S. military personnel during World War II, and the Model 1911A1 immediately comes to mind. Unfortunately most countries still had large stocks of percussion arms on hand. For further information, please contact Archive staff: Email: library@rmg.co.uk See. The Snider Enfield conversion was used by the Navy in the Abyssinian Campaign of 1868 and the Ashanti Campaign of 1874. Black powder or modern black-powder substitutes are used. My Collecting "philosophy" and the "universe" of what I focus on. Adrian 4,855 3,177 Veteran of the Regiment 6:56 AM - Mar 16 #2 Enfield Rear Barrel Band (Baddley Type) $30.00. A plunger (firing-pin) was secured through the length of the breechblock at an angle where it could be struck by a modified Enfield hammer. From across the sea, an art revolution is coming. Action Mon-Fri: 10:00am 4:00pmSaturday & Sunday: Closed. It involved cutting 2 1/2 inches off the breech of a standard-issue .577-cal. 11 x 8 in., 162 pp, 120+ illust., 2020. The breech has small opposing arrow, surplus sale markings. It has a 19+12-inch (50cm) barrel, with the same rifling as the Short Rifle. 1864. Sentries on night duty in camps and cantonments would carry a Snider and buckshot cartridges. A ladder-style rear sight was graduated to 600 yards and had a provision for a leather cover. Research has produced information that the 11th Bengal Lancers Cavalry Regiment used uniform chain shoulder pieces which were marked"XI BL". Should I Sell It? Snider Enfield MK III Short Rifle By BSA. The Artillery Carbine has a 21+14-inch (54cm) barrel with a full stock and two barrel bands, and the same rifling as the Short Rifle and Cavalry Carbine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snider-Enfield, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. enfield jungle carbine 303 british GI#: 102274686 The lock plate forward of the hammer is marked BSA & M Co above 1875, the year of manufacture. The most commonly encountered variants were the Rifled Musket or Long Rifle, the Short Rifle, and the Cavalry and Artillery Carbines. Men-at-Arms 471. This Crown is the Portuguese Heraldic Crown in use during the 17th & 18th centuries. It stayed in service with the Indian Army until the mid-1890s, because between the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and 1905 the British kept the Indian Army one weapon generation behind British units. This is an excellent example of a DC marked Mark III Snider. The rifle also has the standard on the left side. 1,100 A 577" Ordnance issue Enfield Snider MkII** three band service rifle dated 1859. The percussion lock was replaced with a hinged block containing a spring loaded firing pin which opens to allow a cartridge to be loaded into it. Snider Enfield Rifle. I welcome correspondence from anyone regarding these. They featured steel barrels which were so marked, flat nosed hammers, and a latch-locking breech block instead of the simple integral block lifting tang. This comes up a lot, so I thought we should sticky post a thread on it for people to find easy and look up those common markings on our Snider rifles. Generally speaking neither of those guns bring as much as a regular Mark II** or Mark III. The Long Rifle has a .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}36+12-inch (93cm) barrel and three barrel bands. In Stock. Overall length: 37.5" Barrel length: 19.25" Normal dings to stock. Country of origin From $39.95. The block on the first two had no latch, merely a thumb-piece. Click Continue below to continue processing your order with the Library team. Any help in this identification issue will be appreciated. Antique - No PAL Required. Price: $1,375.00. Old Arms of Idaho strives to keep firearms fixable from the very old to the very new. By the late 1860s it was already becoming obvious that metallic cartridge breach loaders would enter service as the front-line arms of the armies of Europe, including Spain which had just adopted the Remington Rolling Block. Lock marked Crown VR and 1861 over Enfield with 3 13. Breech block and tang bear 'WD' and other marks. This rifle is the MkII** conversion and comes with a triangular socket bayonet. Manufacturer(s) Carbine serial numbers have a "C" prefix. Lock marked 1870/Enfield with crown and VR at tail. The Snider-Enfield is referenced by poet Rudyard Kipling in the poem "The Grave of the Hundred Head": Rudyard Kipling, "The Grave of the Hundred Head", 54.3in (1.38m)-Long Rifle, 48.3in (1.24m)-Short Rifle, 39.6in (1.00m)-Artillery Carbine, 28.6in (0.73m)-Cavalry Carbine, 36in (0.91m)-Long Rifle, 33in (0.84m)-Short Rifle, 21.3in (0.54m)-Artillery Carbine, 19.5in (0.49m)-Cavalry Carbine. This mechanism had existed since 1853, and by 1860 Enfield had designed the Snider Enfield. McLachlan, Sean (20 September 2011). There was no ejector, so the firer turned the rifle to the right and upside-down to allow the case to drop out. This is Not a Snider Enfield Cadet Carbine.577 Caliber. There is no Portugese coat of arms anywhere on the carbine. From $34.95. The unit was secured by a simple spring-loaded pin that fit into a depression in the rear of the shoe face. markings. GENERALLY:These rifle and carbines are of conventional British Snider design and adoption. Snider-Enfield Rifle Mk I . Please see our. It was later adopted by British Army. Better view of the receiver & breech block. Sign-up for the Old Arms of Idaho newsletter special offers, and insights into firearms from the very old to the very modern. Original P-1864 Snider Rifle Striker - Firing Pin. If you have requested a shipping quote, we will send this to you via email within 5 business days of the auction ending. 19, 22 (2016), Esposito, Gabriele, Armies of the War of the Pacific 1879-83: Osprey Publishing (2016). Are you planning to shoot it? The rear stud was also made much larger. The carbine is a nice little shooter, although recoil is a little unpleasant for me. Description. Metal parts have been cleaned and are excellent, Stock refinished, probably at time of issue. 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