I'm envious. Do you make your own cartridges with Pritchett bullets? Do they all take the same load?
I don’t know if you have ever checked the pitch of the rifling on this, but that serial number is within the range where P-H made some three band Enfields with 1 in 48 pitch rifling, while the rest were the standard Pattern 1853 Rifle Musket pitch of 1 in 78. May affect your choice of bullet for best performance.
Whitacre told me they don't make Enfield replacement barrels, just Springfield.
True. But both features are sometimes found in the same bore.
Just a +1 to Jon Huggett's book. Fantastic images and great information. Very much looking forward to Vol. 2.
Vol. 2 shouldn’t be too long now. Jon’s just sourcing a few extra pictures and I have been helping with proof reading.
That as our findings way back when Parker Hale first started the Enfields 'Our 'meaning Sheffield Branch MLAGB. I had an original Volunteer still have but I was mostly into round ball & 451s. If I where to take up the Enfield's I go Bretts' Pritchet 'route Something few ever tried but there as no' North /South 'type shooting in UK and the Lyman Minie & flasks seemed to dominate. There seemed much experimenting to find the' Magic bullet 'But I cant recall any going to the late type Pritchet bullet. Perhaps' Reasearch Press' or T Foley can enlighten us in that UK regard .I know of non in NZ into Enfield's to any great extent '
When I started into muzzle loading I came from a target rifle shooting background. It surprised me how much time was spent by some searching for the elusive ‘magic bullet’ and load combination - constant changes and tuning of equipment with little regard to tuning and refining their shooting skills… I don’t know anyone shooting Pritchett bullets / cartridges in MLAGB competition - it’s all grease groove bullets and pre-measured powder charges. Cartridges here in the UK are I think something where people who have the interest to make historical ammunition, they use on local ranges for their own pleasure. We still shoot Enfield 50 - 600 yards, and the Short Rifle (original or Parker-Hale P.58) predominate. I won both the Short Range (50 & 100m) and the Mid-Range (200, 300, 500 & 600 yards) Aggregate matches this year - with grease groove bullets in my original Short Rifle.
Dear David . Well thats interesting brings me up to date The first time I shot my Volunteer three band original Ted Burton gave me a fresh original nipple its still in unless & put a Berilium copper one .Dated 1859 the peak year of Volunteers forming that was pre 1962 Ive had it longer than its original owner could have . We farm boys didnt know what it was so I wrote to L G Pine Editor of' Shooting times' he told me connect with MLAGB I did & we founded Sheffield Branch there all dead & Ime 80 No idea if they still shoot but Totley got closed probably Council houses now pity we could get 600 yards Two bands PHale seem the most popular. Nobody had the Carbine I cast the first pat Pritchet from an original mould no pp no wonder the Range warden moaned about "this unit Who where smashing his 4 x4 foot frames (standard Gallery frame think 4x4 might be bigger .Been a while) .I plan to produce the late 'Pritchet Per our Brett see how that goes change base swage the Diameter not hard to do .I know of non Now shoot Enfield like they did for MLAIC events I didnt shoot the Short Siberia MLA othan than Worsley Orig & Repro Matchlock Courtney cup & Lock Hupp besides Lovell R & O &' Waterloo' ditto .Did try to shoot 600 on Century with a 461 BL Metford Sharpes Borchart but it was so cold the vasaline in the action didnt let the stricker hit hard enough! You didn't get that with matchlocks !
