Snider-Enfield
Sign in to saveThe British .577 Snider–Enfield was a breech-loading rifle. The American inventor, Jacob Snider created 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 1880 when the Martini–Henry rifle began to supersede it. The British Indian Army used the Snider–Enfield until the end of the nineteenth century.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Snider–Enfield
- Weapon.image
- Snider Springfield Armory.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.origin
- United Kingdom
- Weapon.type
- Breech-loading rifle
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1866–1901
- Weapon.designer
- RSAF Enfield
- Weapon.design_date
- 1860
- Weapon.manufacturer
- RSAF Enfield
- Weapon.production_date
- 1866–1880s
- Weapon.number
- ~870,000
- Weapon.variants
- Long Rifle, Short Rifle, Engineer's Carbine, Cavalry Carbine, Artillery Carbine, Yeomanry Carbine, Naval Rifle, Royal Irish Constabulary Carbine
- Weapon.weight
- 8 lb 9 oz (3.88 kg) (unloaded)
- Weapon.length
- 49.25 in (1,251 mm)
- Weapon.cartridge
- .577 Snider
- Weapon.action
- Side-hinged breechblock
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The British .577 Snider–Enfield was a breech-loading rifle. The American inventor, Jacob Snider created 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 1880 when the Martini–Henry rifle began to supersede it. The British Indian Army used the Snider–Enfield until the end of the nineteenth century.
==Design and manufacture== thumb|left|(From Left to Right): A .577 Snider cartridge, a [[Zulu War–era rolled brass foil .577/450 Martini–Henry Cartridge, a later drawn brass .577/450 Martini–Henry cartridge, and a .303 British Mk VII SAA Ball cartridge.]]