Snider

[Dougan]

Its one big, big bullet......you would definitely not want to be hit with one!

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Snider on the left, 2 Martini Henrys, and a standard .303 on the right.

[dromia]

The Danish Sniders are even better they are 17.5mm calibre in froggy poof measurements or 14-12 bore in proper gun terms.

[ovenpaa]

The Danish Sniders are not the sort of thing you trip over every day though however I did find some original Danish Snider ammunition for sale today plus a source of modern Danish Snider brass designed to take a primer instead of being rimfire, sadly they did not have any rifles..

[dromia]

I've got a Danish Snider in my collection.

Unfortunately no photographs as they are too big.

[Dougan]

Wow! - like a slug!

Interesting in the top photo how the bullets are held/crimped....

[Dougan]

Unfortunately no photographs as they are too big.

Oh well tesnews

[dromia]

In fact I have lots of Snider photos as I am very fond of Sniders, collecting them and shooting them, but unfortunately all the photographs I have are all too big for the people here.

[ovenpaa]

Mail them to the Viking? I am sure she can do things with them and she would be interested as well.

[ovenpaa]

I think this is a Danish Snider however it is stamped with 'Pirlot Freres Liege'

[ovenpaa]

Apparently the company was registered with the proofhouse of LIEGE of 1836 to 1879. It deposited 5 patents of 1864 to 1878, it then joined to become PIRLOT and FRESART (BE 1879/1890) with the same address.