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padredan 10-25-2015 11:02 PM

1863 enfield anyone can help identify it
 
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I came by this 1863 enfield , which has been converted and I wondered if any of the members might know anything about it . it appears to be a .50 caliber and the barrel replaced it is stamped 1866, was told it was a 50/90 converted from a musket . has csa stamped on it in a couple of places , found those after I got a lot of the grime off of it

padredan 10-25-2015 11:08 PM

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padredan 10-25-2015 11:20 PM

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Grantas 10-25-2015 11:20 PM

Its a Snider Carbine conversion in 577.

padredan 10-25-2015 11:26 PM

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padredan 10-25-2015 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Grantas (Post 278874)
Its a Snider Carbine conversion in 577.

sorta thought that , but did not know if the markings were correct , ty

alanint 10-26-2015 05:00 PM

Could we see the "CSA" markings? Those are what may make this valuable here in the US.

Karl 10-27-2015 07:17 PM

As already noted this is an 1866 Snider conversion of the 1853 Enfield and the photos show that it is missing some parts like the firing pin bits and the extractor spring. I seriously doubt that there is any American Civil War connection. These were used by Britain until the Martini-Henry was adopted in 1871 and many saw service in the colonies until much later. I have a similar Snider carbine that was converted into a smoothbore for use by the Egyptian police. It is hanging on the wall and I don't wish to take it down, but as I recall it has a date stamped in Arabic of the early 20th century.
KFS


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