From the bottom to top - Brit Snider II* Two-band "Sergeant's Pattern" rifle, from the Nepal cache. Germany-Belgian trade gun of the 1870's, made to the same pattern (but different in details and not interchangeable). Lastly, the Belgian-Dutch, a Cadillac of a Snider. Jacob Snider, an American, designed a way to convert muzzle-loading muskets to breech-loading cartridge rifles. Not adopted by the US, the British Ordnance Board loved 'em. We went with the Springfield "Trapdoor" conversion, which was not as good. But it was invented in-house, an attitude that was to plague US rifle design for almost a century to follow, until the US Ordnance Board finally managed to piss off McNamara sufficiently that he dis-established Springfield Armory.
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Jun 01 2013, 01:13 PM
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..