British .577 Snider–Enfield was a breech-loading rifle. The American inventor, Jacob Snider created this firearm action, and the Snider–Enfield was one of...
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1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded Snider–Enfield rifle. The term "rifle-musket" originally referred to muskets with the...
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British military rifles (section Snider–Enfield Rifles)
Snider–Enfield was produced as a conversion of Enfield Pattern 1853 with a hinged breechblock and barrel designed for a .577 cartridge. Later Sniders...
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480-grain (31 g) lead projectile, primarily used in the Snider–Enfield rifle. Early .577 Snider cartridges were made from a composite design using paper...
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Martini–Enfield Mk I and Mk II Martini–Henry Mk IV Remington M1901 Rolling Block Remington Model 14-1/2 Ross Mark III (Canadian service) Snider–Enfield Mk...
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British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually replacing the Snider–Enfield, a muzzle-loader converted to the cartridge system. Martini–Henry variants...
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muzzle-loading rifle-musket Snider–Enfield, 1866, .577 Snider / .577/450 Martini–Henry, initially a modification of the Pattern 1853 Martini–Enfield, 1878, .303 British...
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Snider may refer to: United States Snider, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Sniderville, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Snider (surname)...
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Springfield, Tabatière rifle, Westley Richards and Snider–Enfield conversions. The British Army used Snider Enfields contemporaneously with the Martini–Henry rifle...
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different “conversion” actions developed between 1860 and 1870 (such as Snider-Enfield, Wanzl, Springfield Model 1873) and the Peabody action was about as...
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