snider on the range

[targetman]

"at a shop a very good, clean 3 bander should be around £900//£1000, some may be dearer, depending on model, some may be cheaper depending on rifling/pitting- you get what you pay for!!"

Have a look in Sales & Wanted......there is the cleanest one you are likely to see, much less than that

[ResearchPress]

Interested in the powder comments made above (firework powder). I haven't fired my Snider but have done a lot with my Enfield muzzle loader. I've had good results with cheap powders at short range.... normal 100m course of fire of 13 shots in 30 minutes I can shoot without cleaning. Although there's plenty of fouling it stays soft.

David

[3bravo]

thanks to brownbess for the response on my purchasing a snider, i lost out at the auction the prices are daft, anything i have bought will at some stage be put on my fac and will be used, i want to get the pleasure of shooting these old firearms, i don't see them as an investment, but obviously they do raise in value. EIC pattern brownbess's seem very buyable, any thoughts on them?

[ovenpaa]

anything i have bought will at some stage be put on my fac and will be used, i want to get the pleasure of shooting these old firearms, i don't see them as an investment, but obviously they do raise in value.

That is how I view my older rifles, I buy them to shoot them, not to look at. It is fair to say the issue with 'older' rifles is the originality of the item and did I pay the right price? A perfect example is my 4(T) I spent many a restless night wondering if I had done the right thing..

You say 'will at some stage be put on my fac and will be used" I assume this is a reference to obsolete calibres, do you find you have to pay a premium for obsolete calibre rifles purchases? I can only base this question on the prices of De-activated rifles which are often a lot higher than the value of the rifle + the deactivation process and proof house certificate. Possible because non FAC holders can own a rifle. This may also apply to obsolete calibres.