Snider Question

[Bat 2919]

I was in the Cabala's in Lone Tree (South Denver Metro) the other day and ran into what looked like a Snider Enfield carbine in the rack.  It appeared to be marked "577" and the tag confirmed that they believed it to be a .577 and that they were asking $799 for it.  It was also marked "FOR BALI" on the barrel.  It appeared to have British proofs but also had Arabic numbers stamped on it as well.  Now I'm by no means an expert on these.  Looking down the barrel it appeared to be a smooth bore with some minor pitting.  This struck me as odd as and sure enough, on line research confirmed that the barrels were all rifled in one way or another.  I did find reference to some snider shotguns made by the French but this appears to have started life as a .577.

I don't need a Snider but would like to know what anyone knows, or think they know about it.

This looks like the gun:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Gun-Library/Lone-Tree-Gun-Library|/pc/103792680/c/234210780/Snider-Kyber-Pass-Era-577/1876169.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Flone-tree-gun-library%2F_%2FN-1108720%2FNo-160%3FWTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNP%26recordsPerPage%3D40

[DJ]

Just a comment--if someone picks it up as a shooter, i have never heard of an ex-military gun marked "For Ball," but I have heard of drill-purposes-only guns marked "Not for Ball." meaning not safe for military ball ammo.  It would probably be worth a close look.

--DJ

[pony express]

The French ones are somewhat different than the British Snyders, most obvious difference is the back action lock on the French "Zulus" , with the screw at the very end of the lock being not slotted, but just has 2 holes instead.