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Man you did this good. I have to give it too you brother. Hope to see you at a event I am KoZa there as well. I am a memeber of the 5 KY comp I. They all call me Nate.

well done billy yank, enjoyed watching your video. johnny reb

I compete with muskets, this seemed to be from a re-enactors perspective

During the American Civil War over 90% of all shots with rifles/muskets were taken within 100 yards.

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God bless General Lee

The original m61 is iron, not steel, but those appear to be repo's so they might be steel.

Thank you for your input , very conclusive 👍

If you're interested, you can emory cloth (500grit or higher, with a flat backer like a small piece of wood or stiff foam) the surface rust and most if not all of the pitting off, and SLOW RUST BLUE your rifle to protect it from the elements and increase its value and looks. Don't bother with Cold Bluing, as that doesn't prevent rust, wears off easily, and is made for minor touchups at best. Midway USA / Larry Potterfield does a great video on SLOW RUST BLUING. If you're not wanting to invest in the materials, humidity box, etc... a good gunsmith can do it for a reasonable price, especially if you do the work of tearing down the weapon and rebuilding it once the bluing is done. No sense in having a good rifle you know is going to rust badly with any use.

I was on the fence for a long time about getting either one of these if I ever got money for one. But after watching Hickok45s comparisons and now yours, the P53 Enfield is the clear winner for me.

renaissance wax has been really helpful for me keeping rust off external surfaces on my guns. id highly recommend it.

Enjoyed that

If your going to clean the things use a fiberglass or coated rod. steel will scratch the barrel up!

The P53 sights are identical to the early 1873 trapdoors. for some goofy reason on the 1884s they put the horrible buffington sight which is an aweful sight. on a lot of trapdoors even the early ones have buffington sights and they didnt even swap the front sight blade out so they will shoot super high. When i got mine i bought an early 73 sight ladder and sold the buffington. it was an early 73 anyways. so that one is more correct.

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I have my great great great great grandfather, Papa Robert's Springfield 1861. I hunt and defend my property with it.

I have an original 3 band P53, in excellent condition (paid € 1,200 with bayonet), marked VR, Tower 1857 with the Lee mold 575-500-M # 90481 and 3.9 grams of Swiss black powder No. 3 it doesn't miss a shot. Ciao, saluti da un tiratore di Milano.

I got a 1853 enfield and now I’m looking for a 1861 Springfield but they are too expensive now.

So do you recommend a .575" diameter minie ball for the Enfield? I've found .577" and .575" diameter minie balls are available..I don't load from a paper cartridge so any advantage other than what I assume is easier loading for the .575"?

My favourite gun

I purchased an ArmiSport/Chiappa reproduction Enfield P1853 3-band rifle musket a couple of years ago. At the time the dealer also had a repro Springfield 1861 rifle musket (same manufacturer) so I had a choice between the two. They are both attractive pieces but I chose the Enfield strictly based on appearance and personal taste: I'm not a re-enactor so it didn't matter to me which one I bought other than I simply like the appearance of the Enfield over the Springfield: the brass buttplate, trigger guard, and nose cap, the more ornate hammer and blued lock plate, barrel and barrel bands just looks nicer to me. After I bought my Enfield I found musket caps just about impossible to find locally so I found a replacement nipple to enable use of regular #11 percussion caps which works fine. I do wish there was a cleanout screw on the Enfield nipple bolster however.

I have to admit, though the Springfield is all American... That Enfield had the sexy look to it.

I own a Enfield Rifle 🇬🇧, it the best gun I ever owned. I had a 1861 Springfield I had nothing but trouble with mine, I sold it to a comrade in the unit . My unit the 45 Illinois Volunteer Infantry Washburn Lead Mine Regiment was issued the Enfield two ban rifle in July 23, 1861 and later in the beginning of 1862 the fighting 45th was given the 3 bands.

Great job soldier keep it 👍 up. I have been away from the hobby I need practice my Manual of Arms.

Saying "cock" quite a lot

Very good video I like both of them but I tend to shoot the enfield more

Very Good!

Really cool detailed video

point for effort. It is pretty dam hard to make videos like this without mistakes. But you are making a common mistake with Support arms and right shoulder shift arms. Support should be straight up and right shoulder shift arms should be titled back and to your left. Suggest reading two articles on this: Right Shoulder Shift: A Reexamination by John Stillwagon. web.archive.org/web/20091003221726/http:/www.southernguard.org/education/rss.html and Support for Support Arms by Marc A. Hermann www.libertyrifles.org/research/drill-instruction/support-arms

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I think the British placed the percussion cap pouch on the chest as opposed to the waist common in the A.C.W. I wonder why?

I used to have a reproduction of Casey's Drill when I belonged to Holmes's Brigade of the Missouri Civil War Reenactors Association. This was during the 125th Anniversary of the Civil War.

I don’t go beyond removing the barrel and lock with the Enfield. It’s just not necessary in my opinion.

Good

Really informative. Thanks a lot.

The position of support arms is wrong, the musket should be almost vertical when at support arms

This is pretty awesome. Thanks.

Thanks for this complete and insightful comparison.

I have a event in July. This is the first one where I'm not a powder monkey so thanks for posting this!

Huzzah from a Private of Co H 111th PVI nice demonstration.

Good class, Soldier!

Very informative and well done! when issue I have with the front elevation on the infield is that that little screw tends to loosen up and you are in a catch-22 with it as sometimes you can tighten it too much and you cannot adjust the front elevation slide. Is that your experience?

Nice job I plan on getting the 1853 tomorrow and this just sealed the deal for me

Great video, was looking for the source material and you showed us!

Thanks really helpful

At the end of your talk, you compare the battlefield convenience of maintaining the two guns and say that the Springfield had interchangeable parts while the Enfield did not. This is incorrect, as the Enfield was notable with the British Army for having interchangeable parts, made to standard accurate patterns, at least as far as the Tower locks made by Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) or the London Small Arms (LSA) Companies.

In kit form those damn things sure are expensive!

The drill and commentary from the manual was very nicely done. *LIKED* the video

Bottom line more feds blue bellies than grey backs

How about the construction? Which rifle do you consider more robust? Also which rifle has stronger barrel bands? Please reply☺️ *great video though,i liked & subscribed*