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argie1891
 Post subject: Snider conversion
PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:49 pm 
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stopped by a friends house last week to pick up a mould i had loaned him and he sent me home with a snider enfield conversion.. He gave me 20 loaded rounds and the rifle to play with.. i shot several rounds then reloaded them at the range with black powder and a 58 cal minnie bullet. loaded a heavy load of 2f black powder and hand seated the minnie ball over the powder seated it with hand pressure and shot it several times. nothing like the smell of black powder in the morning. the brits would have had a hard time seeiing the zulu warriors with the white smoke cloud form hundreds of these going off. kinda fun way to spend an afternoon. joe gifford argie1891
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 Post subject: Re: Snider conversion
PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:34 pm 
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that does sound a great day of shooting , how did you like the rifle ? she shoot good ?
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NebrHogger
 Post subject: Re: Snider conversion
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:22 am 
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Sniders are way cool! I enjoy both of mine immensly. SW

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argie1891
 Post subject: Re: Snider conversion
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:38 am 
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i only shot it at 25 yards it was pretty muddy out at 50 and i didnt want to walk in the slop. it isnt a tack driver but it would stay on the chest of a zulu warrior without a problem. these are a neat piece of history. argie1891
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