Why does my Snider have an Indian acceptance stamp on the lock??
- Thread starter Dave.S
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There are many Snider cavalry carbines here with that India Stores stamp on the lock. It's pretty clear they never made it to India but were intercepted somewhere in the distribution network and sent to Canada. It really made no difference as they were normal ordnance versions.
milsurpo
milsurpo
That makes more sense than my theory
BlackPowderBurner
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Does your example have a second class correction under the stock roundel?
BlackPowderBurner
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A 1. markings indicates first class arm (newly made) to be issued to the regular army. A 2. indicates second class arm, usually a formerly first class arm which became obsolescent due to new adoption (in this case the Martini). These would have been relegated to training use, arming the Volunteer movement or territorials, or shipped to British allies like Egypt, Nepal and others or to the British Indian Army. Some of the Indian guns were made on contract and marked as 2nd class despite being brand new. This came after the Sepoy Mutiny when the policy became arming the Indian Army with the last generation of equipment. 3rd class are rarely seen and are no longer service acceptable due to condition, comparable to DP on later British arms.
I have been tracking these I-broad arrow Snider carbines. I have almost 30 on my spreadsheet now. All but a couple are 1871-dated Mk III carbines - a couple are 1870-dated. And almost all are either in Canada or 'came out of Canada'. How exactly they wound up here remains a mystery despite my searching.
