Snider Carbine Thread

[Ridolpho]

Please feel free to post your Snider carbine in this thread. There's a fair variety of types- some pretty common and some pretty rare. I'll lead off with my favorite. It's a BSA 1877 manufactured for India (East India Government). More or less conforms to the standard WD Cavalry carbine with a few differences. The cups for the lock screws are different and, while a Mk III with locking block, there's no "STEEL" stamp on the barrel. The rifling is 5 groove, fast twist. There are abundant number stamps, as shown, and I don't think I found one piece that doesn't have a BSA mark. The stock has, unfortunately, been sanded but BSA roundel is still visible. According to Skennerton, 11,142 carbines were supplied to India in 1877.

Ridolpho

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