1853 Enfield Musket middle barrel band Civil war period recovery

Description: P-1853 Enfield 58 caliber musket middle Barrel band only.... NOTE: the barrel and forearm in the pic is not included. This band was taken from this recovered broken rifle..... Location numbered 2 in the pic. (Parts only) You can note some rusting along all of the edges of this band. It is a consequence of the nature of being in contact with the acids in the wood stock. This item is real! An actual battlefield recovery.... rifle was broken in battle! Excellent purchase for a shadow box display...Have you ever seen any of these for sale? Very rare... NOTE..... There are several different versions of these Enfield rifles. The British had contractors all over their empire making them. This syle uses a spring mounted in the stock to hold said band in place. That said, you can normally adapt one style over to another style if you have the expertise in gun making/restoring to do so. Battlefield repairs and mixing of parts is normal for the era and continues today with military surplus. This is what’s left of a 1853 58 caliber musket. It was damaged in battle, recovered and placed in military storage for 100 years. We have cleaned most of the crude from it, but left the patina in place from this fine old warrior. Trying to repair or restore an old Enfield musket with authentic parts? Here's your chance! Here's your chance to get legitimate antique parts for your antique rifle. It is all real. It is all old. People pay thousands to stuff an animal head and hang it in their man cave. Consider what you have here. Approximately 150 years ago, some human being used this rifle in a fight for his life, his rifle died. What do you suppose happened to him? Or them? Where has this rifle been and what has it seen, or been a part of? It was there, when Britain was building it’s empire… somewhere. This is even before there where serial numbers so there is no way to track it’s movements. When I bought this, it was identified as a battle field pickup… Did the original user crack someone’s head, or did he get his head cracked? We’ll never know. This is part of the mystique of battle damaged antiques. Save your piece of history! Excerpt from a Wickipedia entry…. “A British 1853 Enfield rifle musket...The second most widely used weapon of the Civil War, and the most widely used weapon by the Confederates, was the British Pattern 1853 Enfield. Like the Springfield, this was a three-band, single-shot, muzzle-loading rifle musket. It was the standard weapon for the British Army between 1853–1867. American soldiers liked it because its .577 cal. barrel allowed the use of .58 cal. ammunition used by both Union and Confederate armies. Originally produced at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield, England, approximately 900,000 of these muskets were imported during 1861–1865, seeing use in every major battle from Shiloh onward. Many officers, however, preferred the Springfield muskets over the Enfield muskets—largely due to the interchangeability of parts that the machine-made Springfields offered. The Enfield had a stepped flip up sight, which was adjustable from 100–900 yards (91–820 m) (1,200 yards (1,100 m) in later models) in 100 yard increments. Realistically, though, hitting anything beyond 500 yards was mostly a matter of luck” Now an Excerpt from article detailing just the first imports of the confederacy… “Small Arms Deliveries Through Wilmington, NC In 1863 The Impact on Confederate Ordnance Policy” Howard Michael Madaus “Fortunately, in April of 1861, the War Department had sent to Europe a purchasing agent, Captain Caleb Huse (followed by Major Edward C. Anderson), to secure large quantities of foreign made arms for the Confederacy. Although initially frustrated by lack of financial credit and competition from New England purchasing agents also seeking technologically superior ordnance, Huse and Anderson were able to contract for significant numbers of English and Austrian small arms. The first significant shipment of small arms imported on Confederate account arrived via the steamer Fingal into Savannah in November of 1861 with 9,620 Enfield rifle-muskets, 7,520 of which were owned by the Confederate War Department. (It should be noted that an earlier shipment of 3,500 arms had also arrived in Savannah aboard the Bermuda in mid-September 1861, but 1,800 of these arms had been imported on private rather than government account.)” There is no known/provable connection between these particular rifle remains and the Civil war! No Serial numbers…. No one knows. This kind of part isn't easily available anymore... I got some good pics of it. This is the actual assembly as shown in the pic. It is a very rugged, very accurate muzzle loader. Look at the pictures carefully. You get what is in the pictures. . . and only what is in the pictures. You know the auction will close for similar money anyway... Buy my listings and you can quit wasting your time waiting! Please note that at any given time I have various barrels and stocks listed...No two of them are the same!!! Look closely to see what is different. Check out the pics you can pretty much see what you are getting. If it isn't in the pic... it doesn't come. If the description conflicts with the pics (listing error in text) ... the pics are what you are getting. This sale is for the stock, lock or fixtures shown in the pictures only. Will ship to the lower 48 states only. No exporting. No returns, you can pretty much see what I can see on this. E-bay notes.... E-bay will not allow you to list a complete gun even if you split it into separate listings. The barrel, stock, bolt, spring, firing pin and the various internal items necessary for this rifle to go bang.... will not all be listed at the same time. The stock listings or the barrel listings... do not include the firing items. I do not certify the various parts off the firearms for firearm use due to Ebay rules. As with any parts for a firearm you would need a competent gunsmith to certify your parts, combinations of parts, installation of parts and certify it for your loads before any use. You would also need a gunsmith to certify legality of the resulting firearm... therefore this part is not intended for such. It is sold for restoration purposes. Will ship to the lower 48 states only. No exporting. I have an ebay store and have other gun parts. No returns, you can pretty much see what I can see on this.

Price: 50 USD

Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico

End Time: 2024-01-28T13:51:17.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8 USD