My 1853 Enfield has what I believe is Hindi script on the lock where we would normally find the British crown. How true that is, I am not certain, but it makes an interesting story.
This supposedly contributed to the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Afterward, the story goes that rumors began to spread that the paper cartridges for the Enfield were greased with pork and/or beef – a violation of both Muslim and Hindu practices, as the cartridge was to be torn open with the soldier’s teeth before pouring the powder down the barrel and ramming home the bullet. The 1853 Enfield was issued to Indian troops starting in 1856. “Rifle Musket” sounds a bit redundant to us, but it was intended to indicate the rifle was the same length as the musket it replaced. The N-SSA's Bulletin Board has a lot of good information on it about shooting Civil War Era weapons.The 1853 Rifle Musket was used extensively by the end of the Crimean War, as well as being imported to the US during the American Civil War. Weigh all of your bullets and separate them into different "Weight Lots" As for the Minies that are too light-realize that they have air pockets in them and throw them back into the pot to remelt. After you find that load, then you can adjust the sights to be "Dead On" for that load.Ĭast your Minie Balls OUT OF PURE "Soft" LEAD ONLY. Shoot each set of cartridges off the bench at 100 yards to find which load delivers the TIGHTEST GROUP. Load up five cartridges with 42 grains FFFg black powder, five cartridges with 43 grains of FFFg, five cartridges with 44 grains of FFFg right up thru 58 grains. (6) Developing an Accurate Load -Generally every P-53 is different. Dixie Gun Works sells Aampco nipplies-JUST MAKE SURE YOU PURCHASE THE ONES WITH THE CORRECT THREAD SIZE FOR YOUR MUSKET. They are made out of Berrlium and 500% better than regular steel nipples. (5) Replace the nipple that came on the musket with an AAMPCO NIPPLE. (4) The advice given in the post above about the size of your Minie Balls is good advice follow it. You can cut down the strength of the Sear Spring a bit. Limit yourself to polishing the inside of the lock plate with Fine Grain Emery paper until it is "mirror bright." Same with the lock parts that rub against themselves when the lock cycles and then lube it. Unfortunately, if you try to get into working on the lock and screw up, it then has a tendency to catch on "Half-Cock" when you try to shoot it. (3) Ideally, you want a 3 to 4 pound trigger pull. (2) P-53's shoot best with a TIGHT TANG SCREW.
This allows the the barrel to "flop around" when the arm is fired, which kills any chance of exceptional accuracy. Unfortunately, most of the Italian repros have way too much wood cut away in the breech section. (1) Glass bed the breech section of the barrel. IF you have a replica P-53 and want it to be "all that it can be" you have to do the following: I have been shooting rifle-muskets since 1968 in N-SSA competition.
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