Alternative Snider collection
Here is my small collection of Sniders and close cousins from around Europe... From the top: Mle1842/67 French Tabatiere M1857/67 Russian Krnka M1848/65 Danish Snider British MkII volunteer Snider All...
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I know where there is a Belgian Snider it's in UK you interested? that is a nice collection though, I tend to prefer things a little different to the norm. Interestingly the rear sights on the Rusian...
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Very nice, you don't often see many different conversions all together like that. -Ryan
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The Russian Krnka sight is a slight modification the so-called Hanoverian Sight which they first applied to their 1843 copy of the British Brunswick rifle when they modified them with long range...
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Thanks guys! The Krnka has a good bore so I might get some 24g brass and trim it down. The 24g (or Snider case) rim is too thin so the pin will not strike an unmodified case, but while rummaging in...
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I stongly recommend against using a rubber washer (I prefer O-rings myself) on balloonhead brass like CBC since it leaves the critically thin rim, side wall junction outside the chamber and totally...
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Fabian, Now all you need to round out that collection is a Dutch Snider. Victor "Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate, Watson."
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Richard, thanks for the warning! It had not even occured to me. The test I did was with Bertram .577 Brass which I believe is solidhead, but I don't want to sacrifice my precious Snider brass even for...
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Fabian -- I've had somewhat reasonable results in my Tabbies using 12 gauge Foster style slugs coated in liquid alox (totally hollow base without internal partition filled with lightweight spackle)...
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I'm having a mould made by a friend in France, based in the Minié they currently use in their 1822 T bis rifles and bumped up to 18.10mm (my groove depth).
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While discussing my Snider family on a Dutch forum, someone posted this strange beast. Apparently a conversion of Remington percussion musket to breechloader. I would guess it is in .58 Musket. Very...
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Here is the Tabby round! A representative of my largest and smallest ammo (6mm Flobert). .577 is for pansies
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I'm very interested in the level of accuracy you are getting. Using a Foster slug, my two give about the same accuracy you'd expect out of a good slug shotgun. I assume these did better than that in...
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I may try it out in the next few days, baby permitting. According to a French book I have dealing exclusively with the French arms of the 70/71 conflict they were indeed no less accurate than the...
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I tested the big girl last night. What a lovely thing she is! She punched neat wadcutter holes on the paper which I could see without a scope at 50m. I only had 10 rounds loaded up, put 8 on the paper...
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Fabian-- I'd be very interested in getting the specifics on how I could acquire a mould like you are using. Foster slugs work to a point, but I'd prefer to do better. Thanks.
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