The P1853 Enfield Land Speed Record: 4 rounds a minute
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2020
- Strictly in the "just for fun" category, we decided to see how quickly the P1853 Enfield rifle-musket could be fired, using historically accurate ammunition and kit. The "rules," such as they were, are simple:
1. Aimed fire. It's pointless to load quickly, if the fire is wild and ineffective.
2. Start with an empty rifle; the object is to see how fast the rifle can be loaded, and starting off loaded rather defeats the whole purpose.
3. Return the ramrod after each shot, in the military fashion, as regulation required.
I still manage to get off 4 rounds, even though I was a bit clumsy here and there, fumbling with the ramrod a time or two, and struggling with a really stuck cap right before the last round. This video should demonstrate the enormous advantages of the Enfield-style cartridge over other cartridges of the rifle-musket era, such as the US-style Minie (Burton) cartridge.
Many thanks to Rob from Britishmuzzleloaders, for letting me borrow this clip from his video of the Alberta BMF shoot in 2019.
Unless you have been living in a lead mine, you probably already subscribe to Britishmuzzleloaders, but just in case, here's the link to the channel: / @britishmuzzleloaders
That technically could have been 5 rounds a minute if he started with a loaded rifle.
I was going to but they said that would be cheating.
Sticking the ramrod into the ground instead of putting it back into the rifle would have saved some seconds too. Maybe not enough for a aditional shot but Brett would have fired four in far less than a minute.
@@corneliussulla9963 apparently the CSA did that in the treches of the ACW?
@@corneliussulla9963 that was my thought. But I assume that it might impact the shooters position or the position of the gun when they lean down. If you look at his position throughout nothing really changes except for when he raises his arms to aim. Also you'd run the risk of the ramrod not sticking in straight and he'd have to fumble to reach it or it fall over if it isn't stuck in properly.
Only thing I can think of is if he used a magnetic "clip" on his belt so he can just stick it on there. Not sure if it'd work but it might be more efficient than sticking it in the ground?
@@liammeech3702Not only in the trenches, also in prolonged line-battles
It’s always nice watching an artist work !
A photo finish! Most exciting congratulations! My high score is 3 in 72 sec. un-aimed. Of course using the masterfully reproduced pritchett boxer style rounds from papercartidges.
Now thats soldiering
Great work 😎
Well done !
The video represents a lot of practice to achieve this feat!!
Awesome!
I’d love to see you have a go at the spinner with this rifle that Karl just tried on inRangeTV
Impressive!
I shoot and hint with a French style ‘fusil de chase’ a 20 bore flintlock. Some years ago I was at Wilson Creek national battlefield and witnessed a demo.
Due to the topography of the field and being early in the war many of the arms were smooth bore, and the battle was fought in smoothbore range.
I thought as I watched this tgat I could fire my fusil quicker
I watched Ted Spring, who has written several books on the equipment of the seven years war used in America, get off twenty three shots in three minutes and forty five seconds with his Brown Bess carbine. As used by Rodgers rangers.
Them little caps slowed things down a bit😊
Sure quicker then American style loading with the Springfield
Flints are definitely faster. Fiddling with percussion caps takes the most time. I wonder how fast a tape primer system would be…
Great! Now You need to invite a flintlock musket record holder.
I hear ya!
Unbelievable!
That is really fast!!
Sir, I am an English owner of a Parker Hale 3 band Enfield. I am looking for a copy of the Loading, Shooting and Maintenance manual (a yellow booklet) for this rifle. Can you help please?
I’m not familiar with that manual… maybe try asking Rob on Britishmuzzleloaders? He is the resident expert on all things Enfield and Victorian manuals.
So I used to own and shoot an original 1853..
Those bullets ate rattling down the barrel here. The ones I used to cast, from an original Enfield Minie cast, needed a wooden starter to get the bullet into the barrel and some serious ramrod action. I used a modern ramrod because I didn't Want to damage the original.
I thought all 1853 bullets were as tough to lead, or did they cone in slightly different mold calibres to allow more accurate tighter rounds?
Enfield cartridges should load easily with little to no effort. If you have to beat the bullet into the muzzle, it’s way too big. If shooting Minies they should be no larger than .576. Check out the video on my channel on the Pritchett bullet for more about the ammo specifically for the P/53.
Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago. LOL
Omg
i need one enfield
12 seconds for the first load, cool
what is a smooth sighted bullet? smooth bore, sighted musket bullet?
No, no. The British used a Pritchett smooth 'sided' bullet. The Americans usually used the Burton bullet which had three grooves around it to help stabilise it in flight.
On the barrel of my 3-band P53 is engraved "YEOMANS". Do you know anything? The stock is Windsor but the brands are English. 1 K thanks
Not familiar with Yeomans, could be a volunteer or militia organization.
"Damn Im good" lmao
"I got balls of steel"
there is a technique used during the flintlock era where the soldiers will just bite the paper cartridge, prime the pan, and just let the whole thing slide down the barrel with their spit as lubricant and a tap on the butt against the ground to seat the round properly. They achieved up to 6 shots a minute. Given that a caplock can just ignore the need to prime a pan I would imagine something in the realm of 8 shots a minute is possible. The technique was called tap loading.
Yes, we've all seen Sharpe. No, it is not advisable to place your head over the muzzle of a loaded musket.
This is only possible on the first few shots, after that, the fowling will provide too much resistance. It was actually noted that with the Boxer cartridge that it was possible to "tap load" the Enfield rifle on a clean barrel. (something I can attest to, as I've personally used the rod just to make sure it went all the way down with not even a tap a couple times)
combat firearm technology should have stopped at this time period
Nah, I think the Snider, trapdoor, and Tabatière, etc. are acceptable.
@@ironmatic1 yes , i agree
@@MarcDufresneosorusrex bolt action rifles are better
Agreed. Why did we need to kill people faster
Enfield rifle bought down east india company
Then why were our police using Enfield rifle
Both sides used it.
If a horde of zulus or Sudanese are launched on him, we would see how many shots he fires ...
With a Matini or a Snyder.....quite a few.
east India company murdabaad