Originally a Civil War U.S. contract 1861 muzzleloading percussion rifle-musket, and subsequently sent overseas as surplus in the post-Civil War era and converted for use by the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in the late 1860s to the Snider-Poilvache breech loading system for use with .577 Snider type centerfire ammunition, utilizing a barrel assembly from a British Enfield Pattern 1853. The Ottoman "Snider-Poilvache" breech loading rifle-muskets differ from the standard British used Snider-Enfields in that they have a unique improved tip-up latching lever on the left, as designed by Belgian inventor Leonard Poilvache. These Ottoman Sniders are very rarely encountered stateside. The Snider system was originally designed and patented by American inventor Jacob Snider, who died in poverty in 1866 prior to recovering promised compensation from the British government who used his patented breech loading design. The top of the breech block is marked "SNIDER/PATENT" around an "S" in an arrow logo, with Arabic numerals on the underside of the breech block and breech lever, and the lock is marked "1864" at the rear with "U.S./SPRINGFIELD" at the center.

Good, with some scattered light to moderate pitting, freckling, and most of the arsenal blue finish on the rear sight. Stock is also good, with scattered dents and scratches. Absent firing pin, otherwise mechanically fine.