The 1853 Enfield was a workhorse #shorts

A weapon that starts a war that it will fight in is a crazy concept

Imagine Gettin bodied in the plates by “the tally Ho special” in Afghanistan

imagine your just an American soldier in Afghan War and suddenly you sees one of the Taliban running wielding a 150 year old musket

Oh just wait til they hear about the AK-47 they will think it’s magic

The Musket Wars in New Zealand were literally started by the importation of muskets (hence the name) into the islands. Iwi (tribes) with the weapons were given a massive advantage over other iwi and with centuries of inter-tribal warfare, had scores to settle. It was a truly brutal war, waged before largescale settlement of the land by European settlers. The potato also played a part, as its greater caloric efficiency of production allowed men to be released for combat.

150 yrs of usage now’s that’s pinnacle “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”

Not to forget, during the Crimean War, this rifle dominated the battlefield against the smoothbore armed Russians. It's one of the first (and arguably best) of the Minie-type Rifled Muskets, which was a game-changer on the battlefield. Previously, Rifles, while an excellent weapon for hunters and elite sharpshooters, was not an efficient military rifles, as the tight grooves of the rifling necessitated a form-fitting ball be stuffed down the barely, which was way harder to do than a standard musket (which had a barrel width greater than the ball it fired). Thus, it took until the Minie Ball for the rifle to turn from specialty weapon to standard equipment.

"The existence of a weapon caused a war" Sometimes even the supposed existence of one can cause a war

It reminds of how Afghanistan used to start with literal muskets as their starting line of production in HoI4 back in the day

I used to have a replica Enfield 1853. They were used a ton by the Union in the Civil War, and since I used to be a reenactor in the 3rd Maine Company A, we could use either the Springfield 1861 or the Enfield 1853. They can use the same ammo, but the Enfield is lighter and the metal parts are blued, which they aren't on the Springfield, so they're easier to keep from rusting. Both were used by the 3rd Maine Regiment. A contractor stole it from my apartment in Virginia while I was moving out.

"That is over 150 years of usage" Bows and Spears: "Pathetic"

This was also one of those rifles they turned into a breech loader when metal cartridges became more common.

Proud to own a denix replica of the carbine version of this old girl. It still has " Royal Armoury " stamped on it.

My dad bought one when he was deployed to the middle east,the man had it as a family treasure but wanted it gone

imagine being a green beret or navy seal and either getting blasted or shanked by a museum piece.

and the British were more than happy to sell those older rifles to the Confederates as they were all obsolete at that time! and looking to get the newer Enfields!! 😁👍🏻

7 years later the Spencer and Henry completely changed the rules of engagement and development of firearms forever

Classic Bri’ish Engineering 😎🇬🇧

Love the Enfield. Been a reenactor for about 12 years so I have had the ability to be around and fire quite a few of them (both with and without projectiles). One quick thing with its use in the American Civil War. It was not exclusively used by the confederacy. Some federal units were also known to carry it instead of the Springfield that was normally issued. One such example was the 77th NY Volunteer Infantry.

Im not a Hindu or muslim but i was watching a video regarding the manual of arms for these guns by a canadian guy. Where he explained that tearing the cartridge by mouth should not have been done instead being torn in two with the hand basically in half. Also im not too sure if it is true but there was anecdotal notes that the cartridges used vegetable oil and as stated were in fact a rumor that pork and beef fat.