Enfield 557

[danyboy]

anybody knows how much would an 1859, Enfield 557 be worth nowadays and if cases could be found ?
danyboy

 

[Killer Kanuck]

I'll say it before someone else does - value will vary greatly depending on 3 things: condition, condition, and condition.
And yes, cases can be found. Quite a few are using Magtech 24g brass shotshells trimmed to length too.

 

[danyboy]

Enfield

What about powder charge, bullet sizing die, full length sizing die, Top punch ? I have been looking all over, couldn't find anything anywhere.
danyboy

 

[Musketfire]

Sorry to be a pain guys but isnt a 1859 Enfield a muzzleloading rifle/musket?

 

[mooncoon]

What about powder charge, bullet sizing die, full length sizing die, Top punch ? I have been looking all over, couldn't find anything anywhere.
danyboy

From the sounds of it you are referring to what we know as a Snider Enfield which is a .577 percussion Enfield converted to cartridge. You don't really need sizing dies --- just reprime, fill the case with powder and press a lubed mini ball in. The two problems in reloading for them is finding a base holder for the shell for repriming (knock the old primers out with a depriming punch that I think Lee makes) and the second is finding a mold with a skirt thickness that your gun likes.

cheers mooncoon

 

[bjsgear]

577 Snyder? Or Muzzle Loader

I Think You Mean 577 Snider, Brass Is Available , So Are Bullets And Even Sabots. All Available By Internet. Powder Of Course By Local Stores.3 Band Guns $300 To $500, $200 If There Shortened Or Modified But Still Clean.

 

[danyboy]

enfield 577

You're wright, 577. Sorry. Only resizing die found was on buffaloarms.com and at 183.00$ ! Thanks for info, I'll surf the net for more details.
danyboy

 

[GrantR]

Keep in mind that loading dies for such obsolete calibers are "limiterd production", and priced accordingly ..... I believe the best buy you are going to find in .577 Snider dies is the set made by Lee Precision: http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/cat...4163.5640=/html/catalog/dies-largeseries.html

I have a bit of a mania for the old British military firearms - among others, I shoot two .577 Snider-Enfield rifles and three .577/.450 Martini-Henry rifles .... These old beasts can be a lot of fun.

FWIW, here is a picture of me competing at the Grand Army of the Frontier Annual Muster held last weekend in Nebraska - I am shooting a Canadian-marked MkIII Martini-Henry, attired in the uniform of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, circa 1885 .....