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Breech-Loading Gun, System Jacob Snider, Rear-loading rifle with smooth barrel. It has a central fire mechanism of the Snider type: the cartridge is loaded at the back of the barrel, the rooster hits a pin that comes out on the cap at the back of the cartridge. When the chamber is open, the empty cartridge sleeve can be removed by pulling the chamber seal backwards: the seal will automatically pop forward again through the spring around the axis of the chamber seal, a characteristic feature of all Snider rifles. The rifle is equipped with a visor, a discharge stick for removing the empty cartridge case if the other system does not work, and a saber bayonet. The solid bronze handle of the bayonet has a slot that fits on the barrel on the barrel, it has a paring rod with buttons, the blade has a flat back, a slit and is bent with the cut inwards., P. Stevens (mentioned on object), Maastricht, 1862, wood (plant material), iron (metal), bronze (metal), gun: l 123.5 cm c 17.5 mm bayonet: l 63 cm.

Breech-Loading Gun, System Jacob Snider, Rear-loading rifle with smooth barrel. It has a central fire mechanism of the Snider type: the cartridge is loaded at the back of the barrel, the rooster hits a pin that comes out on the cap at the back of the cartridge. When the chamber is open, the empty cartridge sleeve can be removed by pulling the chamber seal backwards: the seal will automatically pop forward again through the spring around the axis of the chamber seal, a characteristic feature of all Snider rifles. The rifle is equipped with a visor, a discharge stick for removing the empty cartridge case if the other system does not work, and a saber bayonet. The solid bronze handle of the bayonet has a slot that fits on the barrel on the barrel, it has a paring rod with buttons, the blade has a flat back, a slit and is bent with the cut inwards., P. Stevens (mentioned on object), Maastricht, 1862, wood (plant material), iron (metal), bronze (metal), gun: l 123.5 cm c 17.5 mm bayonet: l 63 cm.
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Breech-Loading Gun, System Jacob Snider, Rear-loading rifle with smooth barrel. It has a central fire mechanism of the Snider type: the cartridge is loaded at the back of the barrel, the rooster hits a pin that comes out on the cap at the back of the cartridge. When the chamber is open, the empty cartridge sleeve can be removed by pulling the chamber seal backwards: the seal will automatically pop forward again through the spring around the axis of the chamber seal, a characteristic feature of all Snider rifles. The rifle is equipped with a visor, a discharge stick for removing the empty cartridge case if the other system does not work, and a saber bayonet. The solid bronze handle of the bayonet has a slot that fits on the barrel on the barrel, it has a paring rod with buttons, the blade has a flat back, a slit and is bent with the cut inwards., P. Stevens (mentioned on object), Maastricht, 1862, wood (plant material), iron (metal), bronze (metal), gun: l 123.5 cm c 17.5 mm bayonet: l 63 cm
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1862 • ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • AXIS • AXLE • BACK • BARREL • BAYONET • BENT • BLADE • BREECH-LOADING GUN • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • BUTTON • CAP • CARTOUCHE • CARTRIDGE • CENTRAL FIRE MECHANISM • CHAMBER SEAL BACKWARDS • CHAMBER SEAL • CHAMBER • CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE • CLEARING AWAY • COMES OUT • CUT INWARDS • DISCHARGE STICK • EMPTY CARTRIDGE CASE IF • EMPTY CARTRIDGE SLEEVE • EQUIPPED • FIREARM • FITS • FLAT BACK • FUSIL • GUN • IRON (METAL) • IRON • L 123 5 • LOADED • MAASTRICHT • MENTIONED • METAL • MUSKET • OBJECT • OBJECTS • OPEN • P • PARING ROD • PIN • PLANT MATERIAL • PULLING • REAR-LOADING RIFLE • REMOVED • REMOVING • RIFFLE • RIFLE • ROOSTER HITS • SABER BAYONET • SEAL WILL AUTOMATICALLY POP FORWARD AGAIN • SLIT • SLOT • SMOOTH BARREL • SNIDER RIFLES • SNIDER TYPE • SOLID BRONZE HANDLE • SPRING • STEVENS • SYSTEM JACOB SNIDER • SYSTEM • UMBRELLA • VACATING • VISOR • WOOD • WORK