The Parker Hale P53 Enfield Rifle-Musket: A Comprehensive Workout
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- As the title says, a bit of everything. A Pritchett International Shoot as a warm up and then some practices at 200 to 400 yds with some rapid shooting at the end... Stand by at the end for some "bonus material"
Amazing shooting. I loved this video. And shooting a rifle - musket at 600 yards at this small a target surely is an art form. Well done sir, well done!
+Constantin Weiler Glad you enjoyed it. I certainly did shooting it! The small target was quite hard to hit at that range but managed to do it a couple of times.
Many thanks. I enjoyed your video
Glad to hear! Cheers!
"... and shows you where the muzzle-loading gods are having your rifle shoot that day." Lol so true! I'm going to start using that now.
Hi there. I don't know how many times I think that things are going great and then all of a sudden, one outing, it's low, or to the right..... Same rifle, same ammo,...... On that note, there seems to be a bit of your post that was cut off.... Something about "defining historical ammunition".....?? Happy to answer, of course, just don't want to comment on half a question... Fire away.
I do have other things to talk about, but I found you on the N-SSA forums, so I figured we'd talk there.
I am always impressed by your "homemade" shooting gear, pouches, tool kits ect. Beautiful attention to detail.
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoy things here on the Channel. Cheers.
Great video, great shooting! I know this video is a few years old, so hopefully I can get a reply. I was wondering, who makes that great rod and folding pouch kit at the 0:52 mark? I've been looking for something identical to that pouch for a long time.
"Kit of a Modern Victorian Rifleman" video on the Channel.
@@britishmuzzleloaders Thank you!!
Wonderful performance
Cheers.
Does that tattoo on your right leg go along with the kit?
After how many rounds do you start suffering from accuracy problems
I usually clean after ten rounds... That said, when working up, I shot 20 round groups that compared very favourably to the historical.
Was the rear sight windage adjustment due to the wind blowing or due the drift in the musket ball due to rifling?
The modification was done as part of the zeroing of the rifle.
Impressive! Loved that rapid fire at the end, though I'm guessing your officer wouldn't appreciate sticking your ram rod in the ground 😂
Thank you for making such high quality videos, I have found few comprehensive sources and only yours come in video form!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
BRAVO sir. I do hope you have a shooting companion to have been with you to share that long distance shooting with.
No, I am typically a one man show...
Great video! Very enjoyable! Glad to see you are a 3 shots in under a minute man!!!!!!!
Thank you sir. Glad you enjoyed it... The longer barrel of the P53 adds a bit of uncertainty as to whether or not the 1 minute mark can be achieved... With the short barrelled cousins, it is readily done, in my experience.
If the Parker Hale three band has a twist rate of 1in 78 , I was always under the impression that they could only shoot round ball ,,, not enough fast twist to stabilize the bullet, But I routinely see you use 500 gr plus lead projectiles ,,, could you explain ? as always thanks 😊
Without being smart, these types of arms were designed to shoot expanding bullets.... The Pritchett and the Burton are two common varieties. Never roundball. In British service, expanding ball came into service with the P51 Minie Rifle which was used in the Crimea. This of course was superseded by the P53. Google "pritchett cartridge" for more info.
britishmuzzleloaders thank you sir, this explains the situation to me, the only reason I was confused was ,I have many muzzleloaders and I know that generally one turning in 66 or one turn in 72 are for round ball and when I saw that the Parker Hale was one turning 78 from what I knew it wasn’t enough twist to stabilize the bullet , Thanks again and good shooting PS Pritchett Bullets are nearly impossible to find and of course so is a mold, I will contact Brooks molds and see what they can do for me 👍
@@johannesvanhoek9080 Nice! Best of luck.. Try NOE Moulds too....
britishmuzzleloaders will do , thanks 😊
so is this the same as the enfield rifle from the American civil war? and if so would that mean the two band Enfield is actually the p60 Enfield? or are they slightly different?
Yes this is the same "Enfield" as was used in the ACW. They were imported from Britain. The term "two band" is a modern term... and it isn't an accurate way of describing the type... there were 5 patterns of "two band" Enfields and a sixth if you count the Lancaster. The P56 Army Short Rifle, the P58 ASR, the P58 Naval Rifle, the P60 ASR and the P61 ASR.... The P56 Army Short Rifle was the predominant version imported into the States. The "two band" that is used today (by way of reproduction) is in fact a Naval Rifle that was imported in only minuscule numbers so not representative of the proper type at all.
Ray Feltz The Pedersoli is a reproduction of a P58 Naval Rifle.
+britishmuzzleloaders thanks again now I'm off to do research and find where to get a bayonet. I can't buy a gun and not know at least a brief essay on it.
Thank you! I am going to buy a Parker Hale after watching your Videos!
They are the next best thing to an original!
I just bought myself an original P53 from 1858 with a nice barrel, looking forward to getting some cartridges loaded and getting it out on the range!
What load were you using?. I heard "reduced" load but not what it actually was?
Hi Peter, With the P53 I use 52 1/2 gr FFFg. With my Naval Rifle, I use 60. Cheers.
britishmuzzleloaders Interesting. I don't have a P53, but with my Snider I started at 50g & after 4 years tried working up in 5g increments & finally found that 65g worked best with my rifle & using my bullets. I seem to remember reading that the P53 was a lot more accurate than the Snider (initially at least)
Peter Martini I settled on these loads based on extensive workups with bullets of different specs (all Pritchetts though) and different loads. The can't say that I have seen any studies showing a comparison between the two rounds. The Snider bullet was inherently more stable as it was a hollow point with the resulting design having the weight distributed on the outside. I would be very much interested in reading the reference you mention if you can remember it. Cheers.
britishmuzzleloaders I will take a look around, off hand I think it was Skennerton but I will look see & confirm. I am using the Lyman #575213OS about 560 grain.
Very interesting! Thank You!
You are welcome!
Alexander Spiridonov Pedersoli makes good firearms... Their Brown Bess is a reproduction of the "Short Land Pattern" I believe. If you are looking to hit anything at any decent range it may not be the best muzzleloader to go for. It's smoothbore. I have read of some success with various non-historical loading techniques but with service type cartridges,a man sized target at 100m is pushing it.... The quality is very good though, as I have been led to believe.
Alexander Spiridonov I should think so. If you load with a patch or wad sandwich, your accuracy will go up... Paper cartridge with a small ball (the military way) will see accuracy suffer. There is no backsight on a Brown Bess so shooting it accurately is a matter of more "art form" than precision. Great fun though.