I note one of my disciples has responed on my behalf! :grin: Thanks Mike.
I enjoy my Enfield shooting and have had some excellent (and record breaking) shoots, but have equally had some disasterous results. More often my results fall between the two. Few people I know regularly get consitently good results from the Enfield... and I am not one of them.
FWIW, I shoot with an original Enfield which is close to the P-H Naval Rifle being discussed. I use an RCBS Minie bullet mould and size the cast bullets to .577 which suits my bore size. The bullet has a shallow base cavity. Load is 70 grains of TPPH (UK Proof House powder) - a clsoe equivalent is Swiss #4 (1.5Fg). This has worked well to 600 yards.
Earlier in this thread the follwoing was posted:
I'm not sure just what a "naval" model is, they are generally classified as the long "three band", the mid length "two band" or the short "musketoon".
Parker-Hale made three reproductions of Enfield rifles:
Pattern 1853 Rifle Musket (commonly Three band Enfield)
Pattern 1858 Naval Rifle (commonly Two Band Enfield)
Pattern 1861 Artillery Carbine (commonly Musketoon)
The Pattern 1858 Naval Rifle had a heavier barrel than the P.1856 Short Rifle, and 5 groove 1 in 48 twist rifling as opposed to the P.1856's 3 grooove 1 in 78. It also had reportedly better accuracy. The later Army P.60 and P.61 Short rifles had the same barrel characteristics as the Naval Rifle.
David