snider pricing help with pics

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this is the same thread as the my last 1 --I just couldn't figure out how to edit the title..

I have an 1868 snider missing the ram rod and the bore is crap.
the rest of the gun is in quite nice original condition, basically it is a brown gun .....very nice patina, wood is excellent (complete.....not butchered) and breech in also in excellent condition...everything functions well, nice and solid action from hammer and trigger. Looking for a ball park figure for quick sale.....I do not collect these and it came with a bunch of other guns........I do not want to hold onto it for long. I will be interested in trades. Thanks in advance.

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Canadian issue Snider-Enfield Mk II** cal. 577 Rifle. Missing a few small parts and ramrod, stock heavily sanded and varnished, possibly retouched with cold blue maybe. Depending on how bad the bore is between $500.00 to $600.00 tops.
 
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Nice looking Snider on the outside. I suspect that the stock has been sanded and redone as the edges and corners seem to be rounded off. What are the Regimental marks...should be numbers on the toe of the butt plate. Dave
 
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I suspect j.p. and danforth are right....the wood has been refinished...now with closer examination I can see sandpaper marks going against the grain.

Danforth I do not see any regimental marks on the buttplate ...should I look anywhere else??
there are some markings on the breech ....wait aminute...there is something on the butt plate.


butt plate markings
E
crown
6

breech markings
WD
a crown
E
34
 
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tigertrout:

Unit markings would normally be numbers stamped into the tang of the buttplate (i.e. the
tongue running a short way along the upper comb of the butt) - or occasionally into
the wood on the comb of the butt, directly in front of the tang (though the latter practice is
only "correct" for 2-band rifles with iron butplates, which were prone to crack if the
numbers were struck into the tang. However, as this marking was done at the unit level,
numerous variations exist from the "regulation" locations ...)

Normally the mark would consist of a two-digit number (signifying the battalion) with
a number made up of smaller digits (up to three digits) below that, which was a "rack
number" for that particular rifle.

However, in certain cases, no unit number would be applied ... here is the marking instruction
circular issued by the Adjutant General of the Canadian Militia, in 1867 - paragraph 3
indicates that certain issued rifles were not to be marked with anything but the DC-diamond
mark. (Again, there are lots of examples of such rifles which were marked anyway ..)

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Canadian marked and no Reg. numbers??? Sanded and refinished....bore rough....Arron got $350.00 for his? Good for him and good luck with yours. If the Reg. marks were on the stock they may have ben sanded off. You might get more $$$ by parting it out on ebay! Cheers, Dave
 
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Hi, before you decide to do something horrible like parting it out on ebay, I am interested in getting a snider for the simple pleasure of shooting the old girl. I am a bit of a history buff seems how someone has already sanded off the historical markings, there would be minimal risk of damaging a historical firearm further by using it in the something like the BCRA Service rifle shoot for the purpose of annoying an overserious friend with clouds of good old black powder smoke!!!:D

Chris
 
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