Antique SNIDER “1860/TOWER” Marked Breech Loading .577 CONVERSION Carbine British Snider Enfield Conversion Rifle

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Antique SNIDER “1860/TOWER” Marked Breech Loading .577 CONVERSION Carbine

British Snider Enfield Conversion Rifle

Here we present an antique Enfield Snider Trapdoor Rifle, made circa 1860 and converted to the Snider System in the 1870s. This rifle likely of middle eastern decent. American inventor Jacob Snider designed the conversion for rifle-muskets to be turned into breech-loading firearms. Britain had used the Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket for a decade when breech-loaders came on the scene. Many of the major powers at the time faced a similar problem in that their arms suddenly became obsolete, and not wanting to throw over all of their small arms at once, they converted them with this system.

Despite being obsolescent in many ways, even at inception, this “trapdoor” style of making single-shot muzzleloaders into single shot breech-loaders lasted for several decades. The British Empire adopted this technology in 1866 and it stayed in service with their colonial army through the first decade of the 20^th century. Other nations soon followed suit, including the United States of America, which used a very similar method called the Allen Conversion to achieve the same goal. This lasted a surprisingly long time, from 1866 to the 1890s. The British Enfield Snider fought all over the world and found its way onto at least 5 out of the 7 continents.

The overall condition is fair. The action is excellent. The firing pin is an ad hock replacement. The bore is smooth and patinated. The tang screw is an old replacement that does not seat all the way but also does not cause any malfunction. There is a stable crack on the left stock flat and other nicks and blemishes, otherwise solid.

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Barrel is 19-1/4 inches.

Caliber: .577 Snider

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$900
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