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  2. Snider–Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The American inventor, Jacob Snider created this firearm action, and the SniderEnfield was one of the most widely used of the Snider varieties. The British Army adopted it in 1866 as a conversion system for its ubiquitous Pattern 1853 Enfield muzzle-loading rifles , and used it until 1880 when the Martini–Henry rifle began to supersede it.

  3. Pattern 1853 Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded SniderEnfield rifle.

  4. British military rifles - Wikipedia

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    Snider-Enfield rifle. In 1866, the SniderEnfield was produced as a conversion of Enfield Pattern 1853 with a hinged breechblock and barrel designed for a .577 cartridge. Later Sniders were newly manufactured on the same design. The action was invented by an American, Jacob Snider, and adopted by Britain as a conversion system for the 1853 ...

  5. Enfield rifle (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Enfield rifle may refer to several different weapons, listed below in order of their introduction. Following each are the production start date and bullet or round used. Pattern 1853, 1853, .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifle-musket; SniderEnfield, 1866, .577 Snider / .577/450 Martini–Henry, initially a modification of the ...

  6. Royal Small Arms Factory - Wikipedia

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    Almost all the weapons in which the Royal Small Arms Factory had a hand in design or production carry either the word Enfield or the letters EN in their name; US Marine firing the L1A1 rifle. Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket which used the Minié ball ammunition. SniderEnfield Rifle: an 1866 breech-loading version of the 1853 Enfield.

  7. Pattern 1861 Enfield musketoon - Wikipedia

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    The Pattern 1861 Enfield musketoon was a short-barrel version (610 mm or 24 inches) of the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket, having a faster rifling twist rate (1:48 versus 1:78), along with more rifling grooves (five grooves versus the Pattern 1853's three grooves), which made it as accurate as the rifle at shorter ranges. The much shorter ...

  8. List of rifles - Wikipedia

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    A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, ... Pattern 1853 Enfield: ... .22 Long Rifle United States: 2013 SniderEnfield:

  9. Royal Navy cutlasses - Wikipedia

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    In addition to the cutlass the Royal Navy designed and issued cutlass-style bayonets for some of its mid-19th-century rifles. The first of these was introduced in 1859 for the Pattern 1853 Enfield. This was the first rifle to be issued to the navy, who had previously used muskets with standard British Army issue bayonets.