After firing ten shots from my vicious little Snider my shoulder would turn black and blue.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
I had also acquired a sporting Snider carbine and four hundred cartridges.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
In the centre of the room are models showing the Tower buildings in the years 1842 and 1866. The Large Room is now entered, and on the left is a case containing firearms, hand grenades, and a series of the rifled arms in use in the British Army since 1801. These include the two Baker rifles of 1801 and 1807; the Brunswick rifle, 1836; the Minie rifle, 1851; the Enfield rifle musket, 1855; the Snider, 1865; the Martini-Henry, 1871; and the Lee-Metford magazine rifle.
"Authorised Guide to the Tower of London"
W. J. Loftie