.577 Snider
Key specs
- Type
- Rifle
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Designer
- Edward Mounier Boxer
- Introduced
- 1866
- Case type
- rimmed, straight
- Bullet diameter
- 14.48 mm
- Case length
- 50.80 mm
- Overall length
- 62.23 mm
- Typical bullet
- 450 gr
- Typical velocity
- 396 m/s
- Typical energy
- 2,290 J
Weapons chambered for it 1
Cartridges based on it 1
Sources
- Wikipedia: .577 Snider, Wikipedia