ENFIELD MADE SNIDER RIFLE

Full length 3 band

Mark 3

1871

Caliber: .577 Snider Obsolete, no licence needed

Lots of war department WD marks and broard arrows on this gun, infact there seems to be war department marks on every bit of it! NO Nepalese or Afgan markings anywhere. The enfield cartouche can still be seen on the wood too, hard to see but it is there. Clear VR royal cypher on the lock along with the Enfield 1871 and inspectors mark. All correct inspectors marks on the barrel and reciver.

This is a nice snider, the best one for those black powder shooters out there as the mark 3 was not a conversion but was a new made rifle with all the improvements made on the earlier models except it has it own locking breech block that none of the early sniders had so is the safest to shoot, Mark 3's also had steel barrels that stands up better to use than the old iron barrels did!

The locking breech block on this rifle works perfect and the bore is also very nice with deep rifling and only the odd bit of very light rough and the bore is abit dark, i don't have a .577 brush, only a .45 but i think this one will clean up excellent, a near perfect bore for shooting, just neeeds a good clean. The hammer action is also excellent

All the metal is excellent, the barrel muzzle is nice and thick. The ramrod is war department marked but for some reason it wont return all the way into the stock, might be due to a slight 'kink' in the rod near the end! Just need to go another half an inch!

The wood on this guns has lots of dings and scratches all over it, looks like it has been in a few scraps, or at least seen some service but the wood is good and solid, there are no cracks and the only chip is a small one on the left halfway up the forend that i have taken a picture of, just a chip though, nothing more than that!

All the brass is excellent, the butts on these are often heavily bumped but this one is very nice. The original sling swivels are there and the original sights are excellent. All the screws are good too.

I think that about covers it but any questions are welcome.