Another new to me Enfield Mark III

[Cessnapilot89]

Well, Enfield Mark III Snider that is...

[marksmandowntown]

WOW! That is really something else. I've got a Lithgow and a Longbranch and it's really cool to see what came before. Really nice wood and clear markings. Thanks for sharing. Have you shot it? If not, do you intend to?

EDIT: Here is the Wikipedia page if anyone wants to read up on these.

EDIT II: I was curious what the going rate was for one of these. Here is one on Gunbroker for a grand.

[Cessnapilot89]

This one came down from Canada which is nice since it is an antique and therefore a non gun. I have not shot it yet as .577 Snider is hard to come by these days, but once I have some ammo, I fully intend to.

[Enfield47]

Nice! You are really going old school lately - I like that!

[Cessnapilot89]

Aye, Just need a Lee Speed or a Lee Metford to complete my collection.

[Paulie Lugnuts]

We have a Snyder also. One of the Nepelese ones IMA sells. My son found a way of making rounds out of cut down shotgun shells. They actually work really well. If you want, I'll find the info on how to do it. Here's ours,

[Cessnapilot89]

Where were the Nepalese ones made?

[Enfield47]

I have not shot it yet as .577 Snider is hard to come by these days, but once I have some ammo, I fully intend to.

Wow, I just looked up the brass on Track of the Wolf and it is $4.09 for each brass case! If brass is that much, loaded ammo must be pretty crazy. Reloading will be your friend for this cartridge.

[Cessnapilot89]

Loaded ammo is $12.95 a shot plus shipping.

[Airman Skitters]

Where were the Nepalese ones made?

In Nepal somewhere, likely by Cottage Industry Gunsmiths. Some of the guns that came out of the Nepal Cash are all original British, some have a mixture of British-made parts and Nepalese parts. Most are of indigenous production, but they are made to pretty decent standards. Ours is very solid, decently accurate and fun to shoot.

We shoot ours (both due to keep costs down and due to the non-standard Nepalese Chambers that can often wreck expensive brass) with 24 Gauge plastic shotshell hulls loaded with 60-65grs of 2F Goex Black Powder and a .577 Minie Ball on a 24 Gauge felt wad. Works Great! You cut the shells back to around 2 inches and then test fit them in the chamber until they're just short enough to fit. That gives you your cut length for subsequent shells. Then you just measure out and pour in your powder, put the wad on top and thumb in the bullet, pressing it down tightly and you're good to go.

Here's the thread where I learned about the process:

How to load 100 rounds of .577 for your IMA Snider in no time without dies

Here are the Shell Hulls:

Cheddite 24ga

These should work just fine in a British made gun.

[Enfield47]

We shoot ours (both due to keep costs down and due to the non-standard Nepalese Chambers that can often wreck expensive brass) with 24 Gauge plastic shotshell hulls loaded with 60-65grs of 2F Goex Black Powder and a .577 Minie Ball on a 24 Gauge felt wad. Works Great! You cut the shells back to around 2 inches and then test fit them in the chamber until they're just short enough to fit. That gives you your cut length for subsequent shells. Then you just measure out and pour in your powder, put the wad on top and thumb in the bullet, pressing it down tightly and you're good to go.

Here's the thread where I learned about the process:

How to load 100 rounds of .577 for your IMA Snider in no time without dies

Here are the Shell Hulls:

Cheddite 24ga

These should work just fine in a British made gun.

I like your idea about using plastic shot shells instead of the expensive brass. Just out of curiosity, how many times can you reload them before they come apart?

[Cessnapilot89]

Thank you!

[Cessnapilot89]

just ordered 100 hulls. Lets see how this goes.

[retiredAFcop]

Are you going to post the "before" pics showing how it looked when it arrived?

[Cessnapilot89]