1861 Springfield.

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.

Firing my 1861 replica US Civil War rifled Springfield musket. This is a black powder 58 cal rifled piece.
Note all the smoke from a single shot.

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[XxGAMINGHQxX]

Where do you buy these?

[mtaran02]

@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.

[spartan765]

it is not a musket it has rifiling inte barrel a musket has no rifiling

[mtaran02]

@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

[RedneckGunn3]

@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.

[EinsatzProductions]

@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.

[harrier331]

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

[GeneralKenobiSIYE]

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.

[Rambonii]

@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

[skintrade]

holy crap some kick there

[mrbigzac]

@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

[brtshstel]

@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.