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Snider–Enfield

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inches (138 cm) in length. It was issued to line infantry and has three-groove rifling with one turn in 78 inches (200 cm). The Short Rifle has a 30.5-inch (77 cm) barrel and two barrel bands with iron furniture. This variant was issued to sergeants of line infantry and rifle units. It
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of a vast quantity of antique weapons held in the Royal Nepalese Armory in the Lagan Silekhana Palace for over a century. Ammunition is reloaded into either modern production .577 Snider cases, or re-formed 24-gauge brass shotgun shells. Black powder or modern black-powder substitutes are used. The
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struck with a front-action lock mounted hammer. To operate the weapon, the rifleman cocked the hammer, flipped the block out of the receiver to the right by grasping the left mounted breech block lever, and then pulled the block back to extract the spent case. There was no ejector, so the firer
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In trials, the Snider Pattern 1853 conversions proved both more accurate than the original Pattern 1853s and much faster firing; a trained soldier could fire ten aimed rounds per minute with the breech-loader, compared with only three rounds per minute with the muzzle-loading weapon. From 1866
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and 1905 the British kept the Indian Army one weapon generation behind British units. The Hunza Scouts may have been the last to use it in action (in the carbine version), in the Chitral campaign of 1895. The Indian units received the Martini–Henry when the British adopted the
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There were also "Trade Pattern" Snider–Enfields, being Snider–Enfields made for private purchase by various English gun-makers. These were often intended for sale to members of volunteer military units, or simply to anyone who might wish to purchase a rifle.
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The Snider was the subject of substantial imitation, in both approved and questionable forms, including the Nepalese Snider, which was a nearly exact copy, the Dutch Snider, Danish Naval Snider, and the "unauthorised" adaptations of the French
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cartridges. Should tribesmen try to get into the camp to steal rifles, the buckshot would give the sentries a better chance of hitting the thief, and unlike a .303 round, would be less likely to wound or kill a comrade should the sentry miss.
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The Snider–Enfield was produced in several variants. The most commonly encountered variants were the Rifled Musket or Long Rifle, the Short Rifle, and the Cavalry and Artillery Carbines. The Long Rifle has a
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The Mark III rifles were newly made. They featured steel barrels which were so marked, flat nosed hammers, and a latch-locking breech block instead of the simple integral block lifting tang.
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McLachlan, Sean (20 September 2011). Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia. Men-at-Arms 471. Osprey Publishing.p 37. ISBN 9781849084574.
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Long Rifle, Short Rifle, Engineer's Carbine, Cavalry Carbine, Artillery Carbine, Yeomanry Carbine, Naval Rifle, Royal Irish Constabulary Carbine
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has five-groove rifling with one turn in 48 inches (120 cm). The Cavalry Carbine is half stocked and has only one barrel band. It has a
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that the British army still used Sniders during that period. Sentries on night duty in camps and cantonments would carry a Snider and
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The Snider-Enfield even at 600 yards, which was the limit of the really effective range of the rifle for accurate shooting.
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Enthusiasts still use these rifles today, with the number in circulation boosted by the acquisition by Atlanta Cutlery and
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at Fort Henry, Kingston also uses the various variants of this weapon for their re-enactments.
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Esposito, Gabriele, Armies of the War of the Pacific 1879-83: Osprey Publishing (2016)
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gave a graphic depiction of its effect in his poem, "The Grave of the Hundred Head":
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beginning with the initial pattern, the Mark I. The converted rifles received a new
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turned the rifle to the right and upside-down to allow the case to drop out.
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Halifax Citadel Regimental Association does live-fire demonstrations in the
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New Zealand Military issue, 1881 Snider Mk II .577 calibre artillery carbine
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after its designer. The breech block housed a diagonally downward sloping
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Imperial Chinese Armies 1840–1911 by Philip S. Jowett, pp. 19, 22 (2016)
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Esposito, Gabriele, The Paraguayan War 1864–70: Osprey Publishing (2019)
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Fifty years of it: the experiences and struggles of a volunteer of 1859
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Cartridge, a later drawn brass .577/450 Martini–Henry cartridge, and a
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The Snider–Enfield used a new type of metal-cased cartridge called a
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alone fired 10,200 rounds. The Snider–Enfield served throughout the
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onwards, the Enfield rifles were converted in large numbers at the
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used the Snider–Enfield until the end of the nineteenth century.
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The Snider first saw action with the British/Indian Army at the
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adopted it in 1866 as a conversion system for its ubiquitous
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during the 16-year-long Yoruba Civil War (1877 to 1893).
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United Kingdom
United Kingdom
British Raj
Royal Irish Constabulary
Burmese Empire
Kingdom of Siam
Empire of Japan
Argentina
Peru
Empire of Brazil
Bolivia
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Portugal
Khedivate of Egypt
Ethiopian Empire
North-West Mounted Police

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