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I also load for the Snider, and use American Pioneer FF. There are plastic funnels that replace the screw-on top to powder cans, and I use one of these to pour from the can to the powder measure. I...

I used to load 23 grains of IMR 4198. 28 grains is a maximum charge for this powder. While I never did this, some would add a scrap of tissue to hold the powder against the primer. These days I use...

Though nothing like as comprehensive a study as Skennerton's work, Dennis Lewis's MARTINI-HENRY .450 RIFLES & CARBINES will be of some help to Martini beginners wishing to get the basics of...

This topic was discussed recently over on British Militaria Forums, though not necessarily with just the Lee Metford in mind. I think there was some consideration of Triple 7 as a way to get the full...

Patrick,
If you really want a Martini, IMA/Atlanta Cutlery is the way to go. The weapons are genuine British manufacture and, particularly in the case of the MKIV, likely to be in as good shooting...

I wonder if these guys are from the same unit? Identified in THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HANDGUNS as the first American unit to arrive in the UK in 1917... then again, the caption identifies the rifles...

I shred up and lightly tamp down as much cotton ball as fills the neck of the shell and allows a .465 480 grain bullet to seat at the level of the crimping groove. This is usually a bit more than 3/4...

Are those Long Lees stacked against the trench wall at right?

Victor

"Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate, Watson."

They didn't copy it from the Australians. They were trying to ape the style of Napoleonic cocked hats, which they thought very fashionable at the time, just as many Civil War soldiers punched up...

When did Martinis sell for $40? Certainly not since "ZULU" came out. Until the IMA guns showed up, the ones you could find were usually north of 1K. At $400-$595 on the low end, they're about as...

Like one of these, perhaps?

British P-1864 Snider Breech Loading Rifle: .577 Cal - International Military Antiques

Victor

Depends on what it was and how much they were asking. No markings and most of the rifling gone makes me think of the Egyptian Police smoothbores, which go begging on the auction sites at $350-$400....

There was a reason officers went down the firing line during battle yelling "Aim low!"

Victor

I remember someone particularly advising lemon oil for easing the lock and/or barrel off the wood. Boiled Linseed Oil (often referred to by the shorthand of BLO) rubbed in with a rag, or even...