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LIEGE PROOFED Antique SNIDER-ENFIELD Style Breech Loading Composite CARBINE HINDU “KUSH” Gun Identifying Publication
Guns International #: 102671117 Seller's Inventory #: 240306
Category: Enfield Rifles - Antique Rifles - Cartridge
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Description:
LIEGE PROOFED Antique SNIDER-ENFIELD Style Breech Loading Composite CARBINE
HINDU “KUSH” Gun Identifying Publication
Here we present an antique Liege Proofed Belgian Snider “Hindu Kush” Carbine, made circa the 1870s. Here we present an antique Liege Proofed Belgian Snider’s Patent Breech Loading Carbine. American inventor Jacob Snider designed the conversion for rifle-muskets to be turned into breech-loading firearms. Britain had used the Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket for a decade when breech-loaders came on the scene. Many of the major powers at the time faced a similar problem in that their arms suddenly became obsolete, and not wanting to throw over all their small arms at once, they converted them with this system.
Despite being obsolescent in many ways, even at inception, this style of making single-shot muzzleloaders into single shot breech-loaders lasted for several decades. The British Empire adopted this technology in 1866. Other nations soon followed suit, including the United States of America, which used a very similar method called the Allen Conversion to achieve the same goal. This lasted a surprisingly long time, from 1866 to the 1890s, although when the Martini-Henry rifle came along in 1874, it began to supersede its predecessor.
Included is a copy of the September 2022 issue of “American Gunsmith: The Official Publication of the American Gunsmithing Association” with the article “Identifying Hindu Kush Guns” by Paul Mazan which discusses this carbine and others.
The overall condition is fair to good. This is a parts gun with a Snider action. There is a faint Liege proof on the barrel. The action is strong. The bore is bright with strong rifling. The stock is hand checkered and showing use. A rib has been soldered underneath for the ramrod.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 24 inches.
Caliber: .577 Snider
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1300
#240306
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Antique: Yes