Snider Rear sight
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Topic: Snider Rear sight
Posted By: shiloh
Subject: Snider Rear sight
Date Posted: September 18 2024 at 4:59pm
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Looking for a rear sight for my Snider carbine. The small 600 yard one. last part I need to finish this little .577 Any joy out there in boom stick land. I`ve found lots, original and reproduction, mostly in the States and non of those vendors will ship to Canada. Hoosier Gun Works has an original but no shipping joy there. Any help is appreciated.
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: September 18 2024 at 6:42pm
| Maybe a US forum member can purchase it then mail it up to you. |
Posted By: terrylee
Date Posted: September 19 2024 at 2:43am
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Hi Shiloh, Interested to see that we have another Snider enthusiast on the forum! I have quite a few. Sorry that I can't help since I have no spare sights. Which model is your carbine? Terry |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: September 19 2024 at 4:59am
I hope I`m an enthusiast lols, this is the first I`ve acquired. Always been interested in these rifles and this one sort of fell in my lap. Needed some stock repairs but overall nice condition with a very good bore. The receiver is stamped II**, 19.5ish" barrel with a carbine sight. Canadian ownership. It has the sight leaf, its missing the slider and topper(sight V notched block). Is a 600 yrd carbine sight from what I`ve read, though the leaf is stamped `ELLIS`. This I could find no reference too??. The butt plate tang is stamped 22 over SM, also no reference found. Interesting that one of your carbines is stamped CMR which could be for Canadian Mounted Rifles? |
terrylee wrote:Posted By: terrylee
Date Posted: September 19 2024 at 6:09am
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Shiloh, Attached is a photo of my similar carbine, a Mk II** Cavalry. My CMR stamped version is a Mk III originally manufactured for the East India Government before being offloaded on South Africa. In South Africa C.M.R. stands for Cape Mounted Rifles, one of our most famous regiments. I have a friend who is a retired gunsmith who recently closed his business which had run for many years. All his spares came home with him. It is just possible that he might have a Snider Carbine sight. I'll ask him, and if so, I can provide you with his contact details. Terry  |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: September 19 2024 at 6:46am
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Much appreciated, Thank you. |
Posted By: terrylee
Date Posted: September 19 2024 at 8:30am
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Hi Shiloh, My ex-gunsmith has asked for a photo. I attach what I expect you need. Please confirm if complete or if just leaf and slide. Terry  |
Posted By: terrylee
Date Posted: September 23 2024 at 1:16am
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Sorry, but in the absence of the requested information, the offer of gunsmith assistance has been withdrawn. |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: September 23 2024 at 1:33am
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Fare enough, I appreciate the help non the less. The search continues. And as an aside the picture you posted is what I`m after, just the leaf and slide. Cheers |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: January 27 2025 at 6:02am
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Update, I got one from a gentleman just before Christmas for $30, he mailed it out to me from Oshawa, around 3-4hrs aways. And lo and behold, Canada post has seemed to have lost it. So still searching.
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Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: January 27 2025 at 6:08am
The postal Inspector must have thought it was one of those evil "high capacity double-barrelled fully semi-auto assault magazine clip sights" the Libs keep whining about and seized it.
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Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: January 27 2025 at 6:24am
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No it was a local sale, Canada post seems to be dropping the ball a lot lately. This was sent letter mail so if it does some day show up, bonus I guess. Customs here don`t care about old gun parts as long as it isn`t for one of the gazzilion newly prohibs we`re now straddled with. The biggest thing for them is trying to figure out how to value the parts. They have no clue, Like all gov`t employees.
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Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: February 10 2025 at 11:32am
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Found another, just waiting to hear back from the fellow. |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 6:18am
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Low and behold I found a snider rear sight in my mailbox yesterday. Only took 42days for it to come 160km, Good ole Canada post. What would we do without them
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 12:01pm
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Better late than Never I guess?  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 12:11pm
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Good news, better late than never! ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 12:21pm
It would be faster to take a bicycle and go get it. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 1:28pm
It's still faster than the Union army of 1861-65! They only moved 14 mile per year!  ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 1:42pm
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By Union Army standard it would take them seven days to get there. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |