How good are Armi Sport 1853 3 band Enfields .. ????? Many thanks Dave

feeds@yuku.com (yij77) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:28:55 GMT

Looking to buy a Armi Sport 3 band Enfield from Italy.. ... any thoughts.........??? Are theses better than the stuff from AC or IMA ??? ,,,,, The prices I've seen is $600 with some extras and no problems ( Italian new and even a two year warranty ) ... not like getting a AC or IMA ( $290 to $500) and maybe still need work ($$$) with a poor barrel ... dave

Last question are Armi parts interchangable with that Nepalese stuff ................... ??? I know the answer just...

Merry Christmas

feeds@yuku.com (Bushido101) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:04:42 GMT

Merry Christmas to all of you.

MLAIC Rules on Enfield reproductions

feeds@yuku.com (Damon) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:15:47 GMT

Hi all,
I was looking at the data for the rifling of the Euroarms and Armi Sport P'53 reproductions and noticed the Euroarms has 1 in 78 twist and Armi Sport has 1 in 66 twist. Unsure if either use tapered rifling/choke rifling. In the P'58 Armi Sport only have 3 grooves.

The difference made me wonder is there a rule in international level competition on the rifling rate on reproductions?

Thanks,
Damon

I Hung A Couple Of Muskets On The Wall

feeds@yuku.com (Bushido101) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:40:02 GMT

I hung my F Pattern 1842 Musket and my Nepalese 1853 on the wall over the weekend.

Photograph wanted, please; RMA Circa 1860

feeds@yuku.com (OldTimer) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:04 GMT

I wonder if some kind soul could help me out with a photograph copy of a Royal Marine Artilleryman taken in the 1860's. I need this to accompany an article that I have underway relating to Great Britain's 2-day war with Japan in 1863....well actually; it was a localised tiff, rather than a war, and the Victors (Great Britain) suffered more casualties than the Japanese.
But there was another dust-up at Shimonoseki, September 4 1863, which saw the Royal Marine Artillery, together...

Need Help Identifying a Percussion Pistol

feeds@yuku.com (tumtatty) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:33:31 GMT

I was wondering if you guys could help me get some info on this piece. I just acquired it and should have it in my possession by the weekend.

It needs a new mainspring (where do I get that??).
There is a bad repair (with nails!) on the left side of the piece.
Notice that it says EIG instead of EIC.

Here are some pics:

Breech, P-H,V .451 repro

feeds@yuku.com (gcrank1) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:49:44 GMT

I have a Euro Arms repro of the Parker Hale 2 band .451 Volunteer rifle. By the barrel proof marks I believe
the barrel date is 1995 and is Henry type rifling.
1)Does anyone know for sure if this has a Nock type patent breech? It sure seems like the rod & patch go
completely to the bottom and intersect the flash channel at the breech face or just above it. All I have read
may pertain to the 'real' P-H breeches and not specifically this repro. (not that I am...

nepal brunswick nipple

feeds@yuku.com (fiddlemister) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:54:32 GMT

i have recently restored a nepalese brunswick musket. i removed the nipple using an old wrench i had and it didnt fit properly. what is the correct size nipple wrench that i need to get? thanks for the help.

A dificult question on a blunderbuss mark

feeds@yuku.com (Fernando) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:46:10 GMT

Hi guys,
A friend of mine wishes to identify a flintlock blunderbuss, with a bronze barrel, having the following marks: on the breech, the crown over V and the initials VF; on the lock plate the word London under a ring with some efect inside ... a star, a flower or something of the kind.
Would have anyone in this forum already seen this type of marking?
Thanks in advance.
Fernando

Maker ID ?

feeds@yuku.com (tanegashimatomurata) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:27:31 GMT

I posted this recently on the Snider-Enfield forum, but in case there is anyone here that only looks at the flint/percussion forum and not the Snider, here it is again.

Trying to identify the meaning of R B with palm tree on this Tower 1867 Enfield-Snider lock.

Keitland fowler project

feeds@yuku.com (ROBERTBEAUDOIN) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:42:18 GMT

Hello all ,

Well I have been working on this fowler made from keitland parts, lock is keitland, barrel aside from being in grand shape with hardly a pitt inside, is British proofed and is marked london on the top flat.

It was a flintlock and was later converted to percussion. I thought I would post a few pictures here and see what you learned gentlemen think and just get your opinion of her in general, Ive gotten aplenty opinions about her, seems some folks hate her stock...

Parker Hale Enfield 1853 patch

feeds@yuku.com (Damon) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:02:40 GMT

Does anyone know if you can still buy these or is it possible to get some made up. I would like one and all the ones on Ebay sell for a heck of a lot.

Damon

P-1853 Enfield Hammer From IMA

feeds@yuku.com (Shep) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:54:21 GMT

I recently bought a p-1853 hammer from IMA.It is from the Nepal stash.I compared it to an original Tower hammer that I have and it is smaller. Did hammer sizes depend on who was making them i.e.contractors?

rook & rabbit rifles

feeds@yuku.com (gcrank1) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:37:40 GMT

Do any of you have caplock 'rook & rabbit' rifles? I am interested in form (style) as well as cailber, conical
or round ball, etc.
As the only cartridge R&R rifles I have stumbled across are too expensive I am considering that I could
build one in percussion.
Thoughts? reality checks?

Brown Bess

feeds@yuku.com (Hombre) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:09:39 GMT

Hello,
My name is Stefan from Sweden and I am new on this forum. Usually, I collect Winchesters, Marlins and Colts but now I am curious on a Brown Bess I have. For the moment I have no pictures but on the butt plate I can read: 43 7 MM I P63 On the sideplate i can read: 18 ILB 6 R) N2730 PL On the barrel 6 N 2730 416
On the lock: TOWER also a crown and GR.
Without pictures and with only this information, is it possible to say anything at all about this flintlock rifle?
I...

Did the Scots Guards have Brunswick Rifles?

feeds@yuku.com (Adrian) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:26:12 GMT

A friend of mine has recently acquired a 1st pattern Brunswick rifle sword bayonet, dated 1842, & is trying to ascertain which unit it is marked to. As can be seen on the attached image it would appear to be marked to the 1st Regiment - who are, I believe, the Scots Guards. Does anyone know if they were ever issued with Brunswicks? to their Light Company perhaps? Or does anyone know of any other explanation for this curious marking? A.Roads

Brown Bess Bayonet Identification

feeds@yuku.com (Uncle Paul) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:13:09 GMT

Have a Brown Bess bayonet masked Osborn in script...not block letters.

Also has a crown over 27 and the bending test mark. Unit marked L over 14...14th regiment(?). Wonder if this original or a knock off.

If original, when was it made?

I can't find any marking like this on the web...so far.

Thanks

Uncle Paul

Nepal P-1853 Question

feeds@yuku.com (Bushido101) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:54:11 GMT

I have been thinking about getting a bayonet for my Nepal P-1853 Musket, but I have read on the forums here and there that you can't find original's and some reproduction bayonets will not fit. Has anyone had any luck with the reproduction bayonets if so where did you get a good one that fits.

Anyone Receiving British Guns From IMA or AC?

feeds@yuku.com (myrifle) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:32:01 GMT

I'm curious to know if any of the Brunswicks, P53s, or Sniders coming out of the Nepal cache are British? All the one's I've received were Nepalese, and they're fine, but I heard that Britain had given some of these guns to Nepal, and Nepal had obtained some East India guns as well, but I haven't heard of anyone getting these when they ordered from Atlanta Cutlery or IMA.

Well... it's not a Nepalese Brunswick...

feeds@yuku.com (Viclav) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:17:57 GMT

The seller called this an Enfield mess, and had it priced accordingly. "Aha," I thought, "He has no idea what he's got."
Thinking I'd found the steal of the century, I pounced.
As it turns out, having looked over the beast in hand, he may have been more right then he (or I) knew.
What think ye, Gentlemen?

British Flint and Percussion Arms