Simply put, the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-musket, along with its variants, is one of the most important firearms of the 19th century. Following limited introductory service in the Crimean War ...

A. Judging from this material, your rifle is a British Enfield 1853 pattern rifle-musket that was made or assembled at the Tower of London, England, in 1860.

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 ...

After further refinements the Pattern 1853 Rifled Musket arrived. This came to be because the original idea was to have two different sighting arrangements, one for ‘ordinary’ soldiers and one ...

The British 1853 Pattern Enfield rifle-musket, .577 caliber also fired a .58-caliber bullet used by both the Union and the Confederacy. ID Number AF.1377 serial number 2761 catalog number 1377 ...