Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2022 : Sale A0722 Lot 733
ENFIELD, ENGLAND A .577 SNIDER BREECH LOADING SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL MK III TWO BAND SHORT RIFLE, serial no 1546,

Product Details

ENFIELD, ENGLAND
A .577 SNIDER BREECH LOADING SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL 'MK III TWO BAND SHORT RIFLE', serial no 1546,
with 30 1/2in. steel barrel profusely Enfield ordnance maked, rifled with five grooves, block and blade front-sight and elevating ladder rearsight, bayonet lug at muzzle, the breech bearing the W.D. mark together with an Enfield inspection stamp and numbered 1546 on the underside, the lock stamped with the crown V.R. cypher on the tail and "ENFIELD 1871" to the centre, regulation iron mounted full walnut stock, the right butt stamped with an Enfield 1st class inspection roundel, together with some faint issue markings and the opposed arrow government sale stamp, the left butt bearing the Dominion of Canada ownership mark of D.C. in a diamond, the butt-cap tang is stamped 22/119, a Canadian militia regimental marking, complete with sling swivels, clearing rod missing



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Estimate £300-500

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament