Value? 1860 Snider Cavalry Carbine .577

[Gin]

So I was handed down a a Cavalry carbine as stated above a few years ago, converted to .577, and it's in great shape. I've been looking into them, and am really amazed that something so old, left in a closet could be in such great shape.
I'm looking to get a rough estimate on value?
I cleaned it and piled it as best I knew how, and everything functions fine.

If anyone's able to help out, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Although I appreciate the rifle, I'm not a collector and it's holds no sentimental value. I'd be open to trades!

Thanks,

Andrew

 

[Claven2]

The stock has been sanded, that hurts value considerably. We'd need better pics to determine if it's really a cavalry carbine or a cadet rifle. The latter is also worth a good bit less. How is the bore?

 

[antiqueguy]

bore condition and better pic's would be needed. also its not made in 1860 that's when the lock/Enfield rifled musket was made that it was converted from

 

[JP]

Sling swivel on the trigger guard, so it is not a cavalry carbine. Could be a cadet carbine, need more photos to rule out it is just a cut-down rifle.

 

[Gin]

Additional pictures. Difficult to get a picture of the bore, going to have to get the snake light.

 

[Gin]

Rifling in the barrel looks sharp though.

 

[Guy JR]

$300 or under if its just a cut down rifle.

 

[antiqueguy]

looks like its a cadet carbine

 

[tiriaq]

It is not a cavalry carbine. If the front sight is a shotgun like bead, it is likely a cadet carbine.

 

[GrantR]

Yes, a true cavalry carbine should not have sling swivels (nor a hole in the trigger guard where the rear sling swivel once was mounted) .... but should have all of the following features:

Short carbine rear sight (only three steps, marked 1, 2 and 3 on side) -

Screws in sides of fore-stock in line with rear sight for attachment of leather sight cover (or holes where the screws once were) -

Blade front sight on a block base, blade with rounded contour to minimize catching on carbine bucket (a.k.a. "scabbard") -

Butt trap for two-piece carbine rod -

Although the rod is seldom still with the carbine, this is what one looks like -

The "cadet carbine" mentioned by previous posters came about because to begin with, Cadet Corps about the turn of the 20th Century were issued S-E Cavalry carbines, but Canada didn't really have all that many of those, so they soon ran out, and then a great many full-length (3-band) infantry rifles sitting in Stores were converted to the general length and appearance of the true cavalry carbine. There are a lot more cadet carbines floating around in Canada than true cavalry carbines!

My cavalry carbine -