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    577 Snider brass

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    I purchased 50 brass cases from Buffalo Arms for my Snider Enfield Rifleicon and unlike the loaded rounds I got with the rifle, these cases have a bottle neck. They are marked 577 SNIDER JAMISON.I presume they have to be resized before they are loaded, is that correct. Thanks. Stan.
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    How much of a bottleneck does it have? Is it considerably longer than a regular .577 Snider case?

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    577 SNIDER brass

    Quote Originally Posted by Stevo View Post
    How much of a bottleneck does it have? Is it considerably longer than a regular .577 Snider case?
    The bottleneck is as follows,
    OD .593
    ID .552
    Neck length .643 to shoulder
    case length 1.988- same as loaded round.

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    I can't seem to get the picture to upload. Do you have a spot on CGN where I can send it.
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    Stan,
    If you right click on the pic on your computer, you should see "resize" in the pop up menu. Resize the pic to small or medium, then upload to milsurps.com.

    Or email to stevo@milsurps.com and I'll post it for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stan Rideout View Post
    Hi,
    I purchased 50 brass cases from Buffalo Arms for my Snider Enfield Rifleicon and unlike the loaded rounds I got with the rifle, these cases have a bottle neck. They are marked 577 SNIDER JAMISON.I presume they have to be resized before they are loaded, is that correct. Thanks. Stan.
    I bought Jamison brass from Buffalo Arms before and reload for the snider all the time. The brass is suppose to have an shoulder. Resize the brass, it won't hurt and you can make sure they are all the same, flare the opening just enough to get the bullet in. I found the Jamison brass to be very good and consistent, The only issue I ever had (minor) was the necks can have (its new brass so it's not perfectly round) some dents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stan Rideout View Post
    Hi,
    I purchased 50 brass cases from Buffalo Arms for my Snider Enfield Rifleicon and unlike the loaded rounds I got with the rifle, these cases have a bottle neck. They are marked 577 SNIDER JAMISON.I presume they have to be resized before they are loaded, is that correct. Thanks. Stan.
    If you only shoot the one snider you shouldn,t have to resize your brass everytime you reload.
    that new brass is made to fit every snider out there,once you fire it it,s fire formed to your chamber and if you look at your brass you will see there,s no shoulder...It,s blown out...The only reason for that shoulder is so that you can use a .575 or .577 cast bullet. you should actually be using a .590 or if the bore is really worn .600 (slug the barrel to find out which you need)
    I usually fire my brass 5 or 6 times before it starts getting snug in my chamber, then i anneal and resize.
    Having 6 sniders I keep about 150 loaded rounds for each one didicated to that rifle....tried shooting them all off one day...concussion headache for a week...but i had fun
    If you live in the G.T.A. I could give you a hands on tutorial, send me a PM.
    By the way....May 3, at the Orillia gun club behind Epps on hwy.11 at 9am a few snider nuts are having a get-together...bring your martinis and sniders.

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    Hi,
    I just have the one Snider and I had it on the range a few days ago. It shoots well, but I was surprised by the recoil. I didn't expect an old black powder rifle to kick lick that. I soon got used to it and had a lot of fun fine tuning it. Even at the lowest sight setting it continued to shoot high and to the left at 50 yds. but all shots were on the target. Thanks for your helpful info. I will have to look for a set of dies, they seem to be a bit expensive from Lee, but I will keep looking.

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    Sad to say Stan but the Lee dies are about the cheapest around, unless you pick up a used set somewhere.
    Try loading 65 to 75g of 2f....It,l be easier on the shoulder.
    POI is about right for the snider with a 85g load, off to one side or another is usually a matter of not holding the rifle verticle,most likely you,r leaning over trying to get a sight picture.....that stock is kind of funny
    You,l get the hang of it.

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    Thanks again for the helpful info. By the way I live in Orleans.
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