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The breech loading conversion of the muzzle loading Enfield rifle.
- Snider Breech-Loader – The construction of the Snider-Enfield. [1866]
- The Snider Breech-Loader Rifle – Early detailed drawing and description. [1866]
- Snider Cartridge Creaser – A James Dixon & Sons ball cartridge creaser model 1182, for .577 cartridges.
‘Breech Loaders‘ is an article originally published in 1866. This was at a time when the British were in the process of adopting the Snider. Eyes were also looking ahead to the future arm for the British Infantry. It is reprinted in Research Press Digest 2026.
