The National Interest

The Rifle That Forged the British Empire: The Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle

The Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle was developed in time for use by the British Army in its first great war in decades and was arguably the catalyst of another conflict that nearly destroyed its colonial ...
The National Interest

The British Conquered the World With the Enfield Rifle

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Enfield rifle represented a major – if brief – technological step up, and served as one of the first modern exported rifles across the world. The Enfield Pattern ...
American Rifleman

ARTV Preview: The Colt Python; Smith & Wesson Model 648-2; Pattern 1853 Enfield

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Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket owned by Walter Denning

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A "Tower"-type Enfield rifle-musket, model 1853, made of metal and wood. The musket has attached metal butt plate at ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Civil War buffs will compare smoothbore and rifled muskets

The main military infantry weapon through the time of Napoleon was the smoothbore musket, It was quick to load, not very accurate, with an effective range of about 100 yards. Hunting rifles of the ...
The New York Times

EXPERIMENTS WITH RIFLED MUSKETS.

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The New York Times

CHANGE FROM MUSKET TO RIFLE.; Field Marshal Earl Roberts Shows Its Disadvantages in the English Army.

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