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About LinkBacksHas anyone heard of a Schneider modification? I was told that it is when you take an old black powder musket, and convert it into a shotgun. Anyone heard of this?
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Has anyone heard of a Schneider modification? I was told that it is when you take an old black powder musket, and convert it into a shotgun. Anyone heard of this?
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There were Snider conversions which converted old muskets into breechloaders.
Most were rifles as far as I know, and the most common was probably the conversion of British P1853 rifled muskets to .577 breechloaders.
Snider was an American, I think, but Snider, and Snider-type conversions were done to rifles in many countries.
In the conversion, the breech area was cut away, and in it's place, a swinging breech block was installed which contained the firing pin and other esssentials along with sealing off the breech.
A search for British military rifles should give you lots of info.
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Fantastic Barry! I have been trying to find info on this type of modification for a while. Thanks for the help.
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