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The drill for the 1851 was exactly the same as for the 1853. There had to be a very rapid retraining programme in 1854 for the troops going out to the Crimea as the Line Infantry were used to biting open the end of the cartridge and putting the open end into the muzzle before ramming the whole package down with the paper body of the cartridge under the ball which was still in the paper. Two smart taps then crushed up the paper under the ball making an effective sabot. This works very well as I have shown in test firings. The ball was only .685 in the bore of .753 but the paper made it work very well. The charge was 124 grains. The new drill for the Miniés which they had to learn involved opening the cartridge, pouring in the powder and then turning the wrist right over to insert the bullet end first; quite a big change from what had been hamered into them for years by their drill sergeants. They also had to learn how to set the sights. The Rifle Brigade also had to forget their Brunswick Rifle drills.