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Enfield Snider Rotating Block Conversion Rifle
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Other nations, including Canada, followed the American lead in converting muzzleloading arms to breechloaders. The Snider breechloading system was actually the invention of American Jacob Snider, a Philadelphia resdeint who received Patent #69,941 on his design.