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  2. 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 Snider–Enfield rifle.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Snider–Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The American inventor, Jacob Snider created this firearm action, and the Snider–Enfield 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

  5. Royal Small Arms Factory - Wikipedia

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    US Marine firing the L1A1 rifle. Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket which used the Minié ball ammunition. Snider–Enfield Rifle: an 1866 breech-loading version of the 1853 Enfield. Martini–Henry Rifle: breech-loading lever activated rifle, manufactured from 1871 to 1891. Enfield revolver: standard issue sidearms, two main versions from 1880 ...

  6. Minié rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Minié rifle saw limited distribution in the Crimean War and similar rifles using Minié bullets (such as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, the Springfield Model 1861 and the Lorenz rifle) were the dominant infantry weapons in the American Civil War. The large-caliber, easily deformed conical lead bullets, ranging in diameter from .54 to .58 inches ...

  7. Rifled musket - Wikipedia

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    Springfield Model 1861 rifle musket Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle musket. A rifled musket, rifle musket, or rifle-musket is a type of firearm made in the mid-19th century. . Originally the term referred only to muskets that had been produced as a smoothbore weapon and later had their barrels replaced with rifl

  8. Springfield Model 1861 - Wikipedia

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    By contrast, the British Enfield Pattern 1853, favored by the Confederate military, utilized a ladder-sight system with 100-yard (91 m) increments, using steps from 100 to 400 yards (91–366 m) and a flip-up ladder for ranges beyond 500 yards (460 m). While the Enfield's sights did allow more precise sighting, the simple flip-up leaves found ...

  9. Green percussion rifle - Wikipedia

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    3D models of an Enfield 1853 and its adaptation, Green rifle. Pulling of the lever on the breechblock opens the top of the receiver for reloading. Green percussion rifle was developed by the Green brothers of England between 1859 and 1860, with the aim of converting the existing British muzzle-loading rifles (mostly Pattern 1853 Enfield) into breechloaders (C.E. & J.Green's patent, No 2002 of ...