Snider barrel/receiver acquisition
In addition to the P53 I inquired about last week, it seems I am also now the owner of a Snider, or more correctly a partial Snider. Just when I get one project to see me through the winter, another...
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The barrel marked 'STEEL' is from a newly made Snider. The movable thumb latch does not come in until the Snider Mark III. The breech ring in the front of the action should have the Mark engraved on...
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Bill, What do you mean by "newly made?" What period of time? Or do you mean the latest Snider rifle? Maybe late 1800s?
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Bill means that it was made as a Snider from the start(new) and not converted from the Enfield muzzle loader-the barrel at least. The "STEEL" stamp would not appear on a converted Snider barrel. -Ryan
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Put much more clearly than I did - the shift to steel for the barrel marks the Snider as a new arm rather than a converted muzzle loader. Having said that, I have seen a steel barreled ML Enfield but...
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Not to contradict anything that Bill has said (he knows far more than I do) but just to avoid any confusion - some commercial makers of the time made new Mk III Sniders with iron barrels, so some...
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Bill you are a treasure trove of information, many thanks. Now I understand about the faint markings being preliminary inspection stamps as opposed to prior P53 stamps, thank you for the...
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The Snider trademark stamp was only used on commercial Sniders. -Ryan
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Steel barrels were tried out experimentally by the government on the muzzle loading 1853 rifles but the only one I have seen was on a commercially produced Volunteer version by Parker Field of...
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All this is quite intriguing if not confusing. So, it is a possible that this could have started out as a commercially produced Volunteer rifle as evidenced by the Snider trademark on the receiver and...
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The Inspected and approved marks that I have seen were a small letter I under a small crown and located on the top of the breech. The Depots where this was done were not at the manufacturing...
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Bill, I am beginning to think this as well, as the barrel is obviously a military produced and proofed part on what would seem to be a commercial receiver. It will probably remain somewhat of a...
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Looking through the Snider Archives II, I found this thread on Barnett Sniders http://britishmilitariaforums.yuku.com/topic/1119 . One of the guns pictured also has Enfield and WD proofs on what would...
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