Iam looking at buying one of these ,used of course but in mint shape. It’s a .58 and I was told it takes a .577 projectile. Question is would this be made for a Minnie ball bullet or round ball. Iam used to shooting conventional hawkin style guns with patch and ball , just not sure about these.
Parker Hale 1861 Enfield reproduction
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Either one works in mine. I prefer patched round ball for competition out to 50 yards. About 50 -65 grains of 3f Goex and a .575 ball. The rifling is shallow so you don't need a thick patch. Treat it like you would your hawken style rifles. Haven't spent the time yet to dial in a minnie ball load.
If you can find a nice Made In Birmingham England they love the mini over 65gr max 2fg goex mine loved 56gr goex 2fg sadly I sold it. there is a guy in saskatoon that has some interesting 58 cal replicas look on the board under bp for sale .
Look for the Lyman 575213. I use it. It gives you a Minnie of 510 grains. That is a lot of lead. I shoot it on top of 68 grains of ffg. I think that equals the standard of 2 1/2 Drams. The Minnie is surprisingly easy to load. Even after 20 shots. Search U Tube for a guy who is shooting both the Minnie and the patched balls.
Kevin
Kevin
coyoteshooter
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the gun you are looking at is a good one it has progresive rifling the proper mould is made for this rifle i shoot 50 gr pyrodex over 10 gr 3fg for good ign sorting your bullets by wieght will open your eyes lot of experience help if you need .....don
The official calibre of this English military carbine is .577". Our American friends, more used to their .58"cal Springfields, called ALL imported English-made Enfield rifles and carbine .58"cal to avoid confusion. What you call it matters not a hoot, so long as the bullet you shoot is about 1 - 1.5 thou smaller than the bore at the muzzle. My own Musketoon, serial #11XX, was made by Parker-Hale in Birmingham in 1972 - I bought it 1974, and I've been shooting it ever since with either the Lyman mould noted about, or the similar-dimensioned Lee. It 'likes' a somewhat thinner skirt bullet, BTW, but will also shoot the .58"cal Pritchett-style flat-base bullet quite well. For noobie shooting on our monthly guest days, I load it down to 45gr of 3Fg - the effect, for a noob who may never have tried ANY kind of gun before, let alone a big-bore muzzleloader, is still impressive enough to be, uh, impressive.
Here I am shooting it a few years back....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvCsmZPBUPY
Hickock45 has made a much better video, though.......
BTW, the 'progressive rifling' refers to the DEPTH of the rifling, not to a tightening of the spiral. The Musketoon has deep rifling at the breech end, gradually getting less towards the muzzle.
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