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Worthless Trivia.

It was to have been replaced by the M1863 "Compound Appendage" tool which is more "Enfield-like" with mainspring vise, cone wrench, three screwdrivers, tumbler...

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IMHO...

I believe both the sentiment to help out a Newcomer a (maybe) avoid the costly time and money mistakes many of us did not avoid, and the sentiment that one's unit's ...

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Are you asking about the Sharps factory (or commercial) ten (10) round pasteboard box "New Model" 1859 tailess cartridge pack with pull string, or the wooden ammunition box (packing...

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I would "second" the advice on your unit officers and NCO's direction and guidance.

On-line boards are populated with lads and lassies from many CW Hobby segments and...

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Welcome, laddio!

Curt

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It depends upon ons sight as well as vision. Books could be written about the differences.. oh alright, they have been!

In brief and to over simplify quite a bit...

The U.S....

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In brief and to over generalize quite a bit...

A popular finish used in the civilian gun business, musical instrument, and furniture making was oil based varnishes or "hard oil."
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In brief and to over generalize...

IMHO, the "1853" is a bit deceptive. Yes the basis for the Snider conversions were RSAF P1853's typically the later P1853 Fourth models many...

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Speaking out of ignorance...

I would expect, predict, that the lad's Pedersoli Enfield with grit or shavings in it was purchased at Cabela's (or some other "deep discounter").
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In my heretical opinion...

This new reworked Enfield marks the first, true, actual time that the Italians have opened their minds and ears to what a portion of what a portion of the...

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Definitely so.

Having to remove them and still stay with a factory, versus struck bright example, will require the barrel to be reblued (ideally rust-blued rather than modern hot...

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I believe he means.. rifle-musket rather than a rifled-musket.

Curt

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Well covered...

Im brief and to over generalize...

Sheaths can fall into five broad groupings:

1. one piece folded
2. one piece "center rear seam"

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I believe teh clsoest is the Log Cabin Shop in Lodi, Ohio.

An very intersting place, but not worth the drive for CW guns as they typically have an Enfield on the wall, and a few...

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As already shared...

Go through War time images of men in the field at the company level. Even in the Federal armies on active campaigns, the lack of access or available sleeve...

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I would also add as an aside that these are more closely related to private purchase sutler or jeweler type items more so than the more "common"...

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Graduated rear sights were on the rifleman's version, a folding rear sight adjustable to 900 "paces." Which, IIRC, was 720 meters (one Schritt being 0.8 meters) or 787 yards (if the...

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Hmmmmm. I wonder.

I was told that it was a matter of the doubled box package being "oversized," its weight, the distance, and the insurance.

I have shipped CW guns to...

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I UPS'ed a M1841 rifle from Northern Ohio to Washington State. $140.00

I sold to a lad at a small historical site for $200 to help the place out.

Much worse, and it would...

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"The vest doesn't need to be hand stitched or anything because no one counts stitches in the N-SSA....."

Taken as a whole that is mostly true.

However there are 'cross...

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In brief and to over generalize...

Vests were not NUG an item of issue, and tend to be private purchase or sent-from-home.

You will find that vests fall into two generic...

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Quickest is...

David Noe, Larry Yantz, and James Whisker... "Firearms From Europe," page 82. They reference Ordnance Department records. (Which also closely match William...

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The Austrian M1854 RM was .54.

Confederate imports tend to be unaltered .54.

A number of Federal imports were bored out and rerifled by the Austrians...

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My brother-in-law did too. But he gave it up for the "ease" of loading Minies, which was also his N-SSA gun. :)

However, the discussion gets a wee bit more complicated "rifle"...

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"If they are "comfortable" and seem to fit right wjile standing, you will pop buttons when you bend over."

More so with traditonal reenactor trousers modeled after modern low...