help with DC snider enfield markings

[JTF#]

hello

I got this snider enfield the other day and I was wondering if anyone knows what these markings are for. I know the DC but behind it there is a 1 or I or something and then the two numbers on the brass. its an 1860.


thanks!

 

[green]

Issued to 17th Batt of Infantry, Levis Quebec rack # 14. 17th had 8 companies and authorised strength of 392 in 1885.

 

[JTF#]

wow thank you very much maybe the mark behind the DC is for the first company?

 

[QM 8687]

"1" stamped on the buttstock indicates a "first class arm." according to my Snider Enfield book by Skennerton. A lower rating would be a 2.

 

[green]

The class stamp, 1,2 or 3, was below the roundel on the butt. This appears to be something else.

 

[QM 8687]

Yes yours is different side and design, my long rifle has the 1 beside the roundel.

 

[JTF#]

any one else have an idea of what it is? or if it is a 1 even?