Making the Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket
Peter G. Smithurst
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Making the Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket

The Evolution of Gun Making, 1820-1860

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A variety of factors surround military firearms ? they needed to be produced in large numbers to a standardised pattern at an affordable price. This book examines the transition from traditional hand-craft methods to the beginnings of mechanised manufacture using as examples the French Model 1777 and the Russian Model 1808 infantry muskets.A number of factors led to this choice. The French Model 1777 musket, designed by Honoré Blanc working under General Gribeauval, contained many novel features which became blueprints for the arms of numerous countries and was copied in its entirety by Russi...