The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield P53 Enfield and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifle-musket used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867 after which many Enfield 1853 rifle-muskets were converted to (and replaced in service by) the cartridge-loaded Snider-Enfield rifle.
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length (km)
1.397
weight (kg)
4309.2
origin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
type
Rifled musket
used in war
American Civil War, Boshin War, Paraguayan War, Second Schleswig War, Fenian raids, Crimean War, Red River Rebellion, New Zealand Wars, Indian Rebellion of 1857
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