🔥 1862 Snider-Enfield Blanket Gun – Riel Rebellion Era Relic 🔥 REDUCED!!!

Step back into the pages of Canadian frontier history with this remarkable firearm – an 1862 Snider-Enfield, expertly cut down into a blanket gun. Allegedly carried during the Red River & North-West Rebellions of Louis Riel and the Métis, this piece embodies the grit, survival, and ingenuity of that turbulent era.

Model: Snider-Enfield (converted 1862 pattern)

Type: Blanket Gun (cut-down musket)

Caliber: .577 Snider (common cartridge conversion of Enfield muskets)

Condition: Solid overall – wood and hardware intact, smooth bore, patina consistent with age, hammer slightly misaligned.

Modifications: Professionally shortened barrel/stock in traditional blanket gun style

Special Notes: Likely Métis use during the Riel uprisings — a rare glimpse of Canadian frontier conflict.  

Most Snider-Enfields saw British or colonial service, but very few cut-down examples tied to Métis guerrilla-style tactics have survived. Blanket guns like this were valued for their compact size, concealability, and devastating close-range firepower. For collectors of Canadian militaria, black powder firearms, or rebellion-era artifacts, this is the kind of piece that rarely surfaces outside of museums.

Asking $1,295 (was $1,495). Shipping on buyer. No pal required. I advise taking this to a professional gunsmith before attempting to fire to be checked out.

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