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TH44
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Re: Snider Sporting rifle .450cal [Re: rigbymauser]
      #341188 - 18/05/20 08:03 AM

Marrakal - That rifle is the reason I started looking for Snider carbines, especially by JC & A Lord

One of the best I have seen, I particularly like it for being "in the white"

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Re: Snider Sporting rifle .450cal [Re: rigbymauser]
      #341190 - 18/05/20 10:58 AM

That one, the .450 Bushmaster is too small in dia., so there would be no re-chamber.

.450 Bushmaster
Neck diameter .4800 in (12.19 mm)[1]
Base diameter .5000 in (12.70 mm)[1]
Rim diameter .473 in (12.0 mm)[1]

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Re: Snider Sporting rifle .450cal(.380 Rook Really) [Re: DarylS]
      #345226 - 21/09/20 05:17 AM

Mistakes were made...by me!!.

The gun is in .380Rook.

Don`t ask how I couldn`t tell the difference between a .450" and a .362" caliber hole in a barrel.

The good thing is I have a bulletmold to make heeled bullets in this caliber.

I had given up to shoot it if the gun was in .450 No1 Eley as too much hazzle was involved...but a.380 Rook is much easier to make ammo for.

I have cleaned the barrel and the rifling is like new cut.

I will post pictures later this week.

This little rifle is the dantiest I`ve ever had.

The barrel is 25" long and the gun weighes maybe 4 ibs only


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Re: Snider Sporting rifle .450cal(.380 Rook Really) [Re: rigbymauser]
      #345231 - 21/09/20 11:38 AM

That's good!

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Re: Snider Sporting rifle .450cal(.380 Rook Really) [Re: tinker]
      #349552 - 22/01/21 08:16 AM

I am in for more surprises. I have a .38 short colt cartridge which ought to fit well enough but not so. It drops into the chamber past extractor. The rim is too small. Its very difficult to measure extractorrim, but it looks like the rimdiameter is 12mm. The caliber at muzzle is 9,4mm and with this I suspect the Snider is a .360 2¼ express. I have a friend sending me a .360 2¼ case.
A Snider in .360 2¼" is new to me.


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Re: Snider Sporting rifle .450cal(.380 Rook Really) [Re: rigbymauser]
      #349554 - 22/01/21 09:54 AM

Amazing.
I take it this means the case is a necked case - perhaps a .444 Marlin case might work as it is also 2 1/4" in length?
Rim dia. is listed as 13.1mm (.514"). Body .4706" at the base (11.95 mm) The rimmed 7x57 as well should be about the same size as the .444 Marlin.
Or is this too large in dia.

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Re: Snider Sporting rifle .450cal(.380 Rook Really) [Re: DarylS]
      #349600 - 23/01/21 05:23 PM

chamber cast time

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