Martini-Henry .577/ 450 Rifle by Thomas Turner (Rare maker marked version) ***SOLD*** Just picked-up this morning! A nice small private collection of antique/ obsolete calibre long arms that have been in the same collection for over 30 years! All of the items below are, as mentioned, antique and obsolete calibre and perfectly legal to purchase and ...
The British .577 Snider–Enfield was a breech-loading rifle. The American Jacob Snider invented this firearm action, and the Snider–Enfield was one of the most widely used of the Snider varieties. The British Army adopted it in 1866 as a conversion system for its ubiquitous Pattern 1853 Enfield muzzle-loading rifles, and used it until 1874 when the ...