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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. Martini–Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The Martini–Enfield Mk I was a Martini–Henry Mk III rebarrelled to .303 and ... Enfield rifles are on sale ... British pattern 1853 'Tower' rifles to sell as send ...

  4. Royal Small Arms Factory - Wikipedia

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    Martini–Enfield: a conversion of the Martini–Henry rifle to .303 calibre, from 1895. Lee–Enfield rifles - using the Lee bolt action. There were 13 variants from 1895 to 1957. Pattern 1913 Enfield.276 Enfield experimental rifle, 1913; Pattern 1914 Enfield Rifle: intended as a Lee–Enfield replacement, mainly used by snipers in World War I.

  5. 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

  6. Enfield rifle (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Pattern 1913 Enfield, 1913, .276 Enfield; Pattern 1914 Enfield, 1914, .303 British; M1917 Enfield, 1917, .30-06 Springfield, the "American Enfield" EM-2 rifle, 1950 Experimental British Assault Rifle.280 British; Enfield Individual Weapon (EIW), a 5.56mm rifle that was the basis of the SA80 family of weapons. As the L85 it replaced the L1A1 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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