I'm looking to get one of these for myself. It would be my very first firearm, and couldn't think of one better. I've been a Civil War buff since I was in the 3rd grade.
@GeneralKenobiSIYE if your under the age of 12 you don't need one of these yet. Did you see the kick. For your first firearm I recommend the .22 rifle or 410 shotgun.
@Frozenlamer Smokless gunpowder actually has a much great expasion so if you do use it you cannot use a full charge and its very difficult to judge what charge would be saffest without any knoledge of the powder you are using. If you use a full charge of smokless gunpowder you will have a catastrophic malfuction meaning the musket will go boom and you might die
@Frozenlamer cordite (smokeless powder) combusts at a much higher pressure than black powder. unless it's in cased ammunition, you don't use smokeless.
A similar rule works with old black powder cartridge rifles. the very first Lee Enfields, as well as old Lee Metfords, used a black powder .303 round. but the barrels couldn't handle the higher pressures an wore out after mere hundreds of rounds, and therefore had to be re-barreled with a new type to handle higher pressures.
@XxGAMINGHQxX Check "Gander Mountain", I belive you can order them there. I bought mine from the reenacting unit I am with. Im not sure where they bought them.
To the guy who asked about smokeless versus black powder: DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT use smokeless powder in a black powder weapon. . .ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD! You will blow the gun up and either be killed or maimed. Smokeless powder produces pressure far in excess of black powder and the guns were not designed to handle it.
@mtaran02 i dont no for sure but my gues is that it might rupture the barrel i only say this because i know that smokeless burns about twice as fast as black
They are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Springfield rifles". The term "Rifled musket" originally referred to smooth bore muskets that later had their barrels rifled. This term was extended to include weapons that were produced with rifled barrels, as long as the overall design was very similar to the original smooth bore musket
@mtaran02 Percussion musket is also a correct term.. Another thing, lots of old muskets where converted from flintlocks to percussion and they also rifled the barrels.
It depends on the amount of black powder used. I find 60 to 65 grains gives me the best accuracy. However I could go as high as 120 with this rifle. Ive never felt the need to go over 90.
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DNchap1417 10 months ago
hi i have had a gun in the basement for years and i never knew what it was and now i know that it is a springfield
harrier331 10 months ago
I'm looking to get one of these for myself. It would be my very first firearm, and couldn't think of one better. I've been a Civil War buff since I was in the 3rd grade.
GeneralKenobiSIYE 11 months ago
@GeneralKenobiSIYE if your under the age of 12 you don't need one of these yet. Did you see the kick. For your first firearm I recommend the .22 rifle or 410 shotgun.
RedneckGunn3 1 month ago
@Frozenlamer Smokless gunpowder actually has a much great expasion so if you do use it you cannot use a full charge and its very difficult to judge what charge would be saffest without any knoledge of the powder you are using. If you use a full charge of smokless gunpowder you will have a catastrophic malfuction meaning the musket will go boom and you might die
Rambonii 1 year ago
holy crap some kick there
skintrade 1 year ago
@Frozenlamer cordite (smokeless powder) combusts at a much higher pressure than black powder. unless it's in cased ammunition, you don't use smokeless.
A similar rule works with old black powder cartridge rifles. the very first Lee Enfields, as well as old Lee Metfords, used a black powder .303 round. but the barrels couldn't handle the higher pressures an wore out after mere hundreds of rounds, and therefore had to be re-barreled with a new type to handle higher pressures.
brtshstel 1 year ago
Where do you buy these?
XxGAMINGHQxX 1 year ago
@XxGAMINGHQxX Check "Gander Mountain", I belive you can order them there. I bought mine from the reenacting unit I am with. Im not sure where they bought them.
mtaran02 1 year ago
@Frozenlamer Just don't use smokeless powder. Ever. Use Only Approved Black powder substitutes or black powder.
twostrokeornill1 1 year ago
To the guy who asked about smokeless versus black powder: DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT use smokeless powder in a black powder weapon. . .ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD! You will blow the gun up and either be killed or maimed. Smokeless powder produces pressure far in excess of black powder and the guns were not designed to handle it.
jfhudak 2 years ago
what a piece of history u got there.
kjsh987 2 years ago
i just bought a 1863 enfield that needs some work. the springfeild i wanted was way to much. lucky :(
IReoin 2 years ago
@Frozenlamer
I'm not sure about smokeless powder. I only use black powder.
mtaran02 2 years ago
@mtaran02 i dont no for sure but my gues is that it might rupture the barrel i only say this because i know that smokeless burns about twice as fast as black
mrbigzac 1 year ago
it is not a musket it has rifiling inte barrel a musket has no rifiling
spartan765 2 years ago
@spartan765
They are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Springfield rifles". The term "Rifled musket" originally referred to smooth bore muskets that later had their barrels rifled. This term was extended to include weapons that were produced with rifled barrels, as long as the overall design was very similar to the original smooth bore musket
mtaran02 2 years ago
@mtaran02 Percussion musket is also a correct term.. Another thing, lots of old muskets where converted from flintlocks to percussion and they also rifled the barrels.
EinsatzProductions 10 months ago
awsome, i'm in the process of making my own flint lock at the moment, just using compressed pwoder though, no projectile
ddfMCH 2 years ago
u were just firing blanks right?
TrumpetHero11 2 years ago
I am firing 58 cal mini balls. The same as used in the Civil War in this rifle. No blanks here.
mtaran02 2 years ago
how many forces does 58cal produce?
QQ20034 2 years ago
It depends on the amount of black powder used. I find 60 to 65 grains gives me the best accuracy. However I could go as high as 120 with this rifle. Ive never felt the need to go over 90.
mtaran02 2 years ago
Sounds like that kind of caliber would kill a man in just one shot, maybe even blow his head clean off!
masterDevis 2 years ago
That would be correct, Harry.
;o)
mtaran02 2 years ago
Huh? Oh, did I sound like Dirty Harry back there?
masterDevis 2 years ago
I love that gun....I have one myself and marvel at the accuracy of the Minie Ball
raptor96 2 years ago