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A Snider service musket, mid-19th C
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
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Find your local specialistA .577/450 Snider Mark III Short Rifle For Canada
Dated 1871
Dated 1871
With blued sighted barrel retained by two barrel bands and with bayonet-lug on the right towards the muzzle, calibrated folding adjustable back-sight, pivoting breech-lock retaining traces of case-hardening, dated flat lock engraved 'Enfield' and with 'V.R.' crowned on the tail, figured three-quarter stock (some old bruising), the butt stamped with obsolete mark above crowned circular Enfield arsenal mark on one side, and stamped 'DC' (for Dominion of Canada) in a diamond above '3' and '246' on the other, regulation steel mounts, sling loops, original ramrod, and yataghan sword bayonet no. 971, with fullered blade and chequered leather grips (scabbard missing), War Department marks, inspector's marks and proof marks (2)
78 cm. barrel
78 cm. barrel




