Italian? Reproduction of 1853 Pattern Enfield Rifle. A key weapon in the history of the Enfield Factory and in UK arms manufacture. Issued to the British Army in 1853 its Percussion system was more reliable and accurate than the Flintlock Brown Bess. Using the American machinery bought to allow mass production the Enfield Small Arms Factory sold thousands of rifles to both sides in the American Civil War, as wellas arming the British army in the 1850s and after.
Marks and Stamps: (Lock plate) Crown Crest VR TOWER| Accession Number: 26 | Period of Use: 1853 - 1870s |
| Type: Black powder rifle | War Zones: Crimea War; Indian Mutiny; American Civil War; Colonial Wars |
| Country of Origin: Italy? | Type Date: 1853 |
| Manufacturer: Euroarms? | Serial Number: none |
| Manufacture Date: Modern Repro | Calibre/Ammunition: 0.58" |
| Weight: 4300g | Length Overall: 1370mm |
| Cyclic Rate: single shot | Length Barrel: 989mm |
| Deactivation Certificate Number: Shotgun |