BSA BSA Snider Single Shot .577 Snider Rifle

A 577” SNIDER / ENFIELD MK III, TWO BAND SERVICE SHORT RIFLE BY B.S.A. 1872. with 30 ½” barrel rifled with 5 grooves, profusely Ordnance marked at breech, ladder rearsight, bayonet lug at muzzle, lockplate marked with the Crown “V.R.” cypher on the tail and “B.S.A Co. 1872” to the centre. Regulation iron mounted full walnut stock the right butt stamped with the Birmingham

Ordnance 1st class roundel, and on the left a D.C. for Dominion of Canada and “E.Y. / a Canadian militia regimental issue identification. The Mk III Snider was a new made arm and not a conversion, its improvements over the Mk II includes a positive bolt locked breech and a steel barrel. The Snider Short Rifle was produced for issue to Sergeants of Infantry and Rifle Regts, the British War Department gifted 40,000 Snider rifles and carbines to Canada due to fear of an American invasion. Canada being frugal in its military expenditure retained the Snider in service until replaced by the .303” Lee-Enfield In very good condition some bruising to the stock, fading blue finish to barrel. A good example at a very reasonable price

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