Snider Rebarrel ?

[John303]

Have any members here re-barreled a Snider (Mk3) into something smaller eg. 38-55 / better still 25-35 perhaps? --- John

 

[Rdrash]

Cool idea. I dont know if its the strongest lock, but 38-55 sure??? I played with the idea of converting one to .22.

 

[petew]

Seems like a waste of a snider.

 

[John303]

Waste? well that kind of depends, a good shootable as is / collectable I would agree, however one not worth much as is / parts special - no problem IMHO. ---John

 

[vagrantviking]

I would consider a liner to save the original patina if you are going to a smaller caliber like that. Not so much if it's ugly or you want a longer barrel.

Track of the Wolf carries many calibers but getting one up here is a challenge.

 

[drslav]

It will loose antique status but... some sort of weak rifle cartridge or a pistol would be cool. How about 45 colt.?

 

[Beater]

ive seen one in 20 ga

 

[hickstick_10]

Only way you would make this work economically nowadays would be if you had a decent barrel blank for cheap (unlikely) and do the work yourself, otherwise your better off buying a used single shot in 38-55. Youl be 500 bucks in the hole minimum otherwise on a snider, and it will be one heavy unwieldy club if the barrels contoured the same as the old one.......theres better guns to sink that money into.

You could possibly, make a liner out of an old military barrel. One poster here mentioned the brilliant idea of using swede 8mm rimmed barrels as a liner for 32-40, and you could possibly make an old 303 or 7.7 arisaka barrel work for 32-20.

Even then it would be a complete pain in the a$$ to load a shell in.

Turning it into a "Zulu" 20 gauge is just as good an idea as any.

 

[John303]

Thank you all for your input, this "plan" is just in the thinking stage so all options will be considered. Interesting part is I happen to have a 20 gau.
slug barrel just sitting around and some 8mm military barrels - so I'll have plenty to think about. --- John