The rifle had a steel barrel whose bore only had three stripes and was attached to the handguards with three metal clamps, so the rifle was often called "three-band model". The Enfield 1853, also known as Pattern 1853 Enfield, was a 15mm (.577) caliber muzzle-loading musket. It was the most widely used rifle, especially among the Confederate troops, who imported more Enfield rifles than any other weapon during the war, buying them from private contractors and arms dealers, becoming the second most used rifle in the war. Reproduction of an English musket, made of metal and wood, with loading and firing simulated mechanism.Īt the end of 1853, the Enfield rifle was approved by the War Department of the British Empire, it was in production from 1853 to 1867 and approximately 1,500,000 units were manufactured It was widely used in the Crimean War (1853-1856) and in the American Civil War (1861-1865).
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