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    Edward Alonzo Selden

    I am curious though as to the availability of .39 cal. ball or moulds for them. Would a shooter use .38 cal. bullets or ball with either a linen or paper patch?
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    Edward Alonzo Selden

    Isn't it just??? Other than the crack in the stock, it's in lovely shape. I put a bore light down the barrel and it's incredibly nice with no pitting or fouling. I've never seen a black powder arm so well maintained. I'm wondering if it would be of interest to perhaps a civil war re-enactor...
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    Edward Alonzo Selden

    Thank you, but I know that as attractive as it would look, the collectors value would be drastically cut. As I said, I'm tempted, but I'm not stupid.
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    Edward Alonzo Selden

    UPDATE: Well, I was talking to a gentleman who may have solved one of the puzzles I had regarding the rifle. There is a number "80" stamped on the muzzle just above the ramrod. He told me that it means 80 balls to the pound which would make it .39 caliber. My micrometer confirms the bore...
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    Edward Alonzo Selden

    Finally got off my butt and used my calipers to check the bore. It's .40 cal, not .45 as I'd thought. My stupidity for making the assumption. Put it down to a senior moment. Also, the patch box and trigger guard appear to be German silver. I'm resisting an overwhelming temptation to remove...
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    Tin-plated Enfield two-band naval rifle

    Gus, thank you ever so much. GREAT information and most enlightening. If my rifle had the original rifled barrel in good shape, I might have been tempted to consider the route you suggest. Given that it's been bored out to a smooth bore, I don't think I'd put any money into it. There's a gun...
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    Edward Alonzo Selden

    I know about the false muzzle, but I never knew how they were attached. There are no holes in the face of the muzzle, but that number "80" has me puzzled.
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    Tin-plated Enfield two-band naval rifle

    To all of you who so kindly shared your thoughts and knowledge, thank you. Short of actually being there when the rifle was altered, all we can do is informed speculation. It would appear that sometime in it's life it was re-stocked into a 2 band Snider Enfield stock, hence the poor...
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    Edward Alonzo Selden

    I forgot to mention that the barrel is 1-3/16" wide and 1/2" across the flats and on the muzzle just in front of the ramrod tip is the number "80". Any thoughts?
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    Tin-plated Enfield two-band naval rifle

    I would tend to agree, from what little I know, but as far as I have been able to ascertain, both the confederacy and union bought British arms at a prodigious rate, civilian and military. The Whitworth rifles were highly regarded for sniping by both sides, for instance.
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    Tin-plated Enfield two-band naval rifle

    Thank you all! I joined another site in England to see if I could get a definitive answer. Artificer, you called it! You rock! It is a period correct GAR rifle. They were tinned and smooth bored after the great unpleasantness for use in parades and demonstrations. This explains so much...
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    Tin-plated Enfield two-band naval rifle

    I've been over the whole thing with a magnifying glass! There is a hard-to-read Enfield cartouche with the number "1" under it on the right side of stock and the only other marks I can find are the Birmingham proof marks, one being the crown and "BP" with the number "25 and the other is the...
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    Tin-plated Enfield two-band naval rifle

    Under a magnifying glass I couldn't find any sign of grinding or buffing to indicate cypher removal. I've been talking to other friends more knowledgeable than I about the rifle, and the general consensus thus far is that it was either altered to be a civilian fowler (as you mentioned) when it...
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    Tin-plated Enfield two-band naval rifle

    David, for sure it's tinned other than the butt plate and trigger guard, both of which are brass. Though it has the crown it lacks the "VR" cipher underneath. Both the butt plate and trigger guard have the WD and "crows foot" as well as a number. There is no bayonet lug and it is a smooth...
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    Edward Alonzo Selden

    As Tac said, here's the rifle. I believe it to be .45 cal. The rifling is very good and a light down the bore showed no major flaws. There is game bird engraving on the lock and some nice detail on the ramrod pipes. Set triggers of course and looking down the sight tube shows a bead-on-post...
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    Tin-plated Enfield two-band naval rifle

    I'm the gentleman that tac has referred to. I captured a pic from the auction site which may provide a better idea of the rifle in question. I will try to post it in this forum and maybe another more knowledgeable person will chime in.
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    Total newbie from Canada

    Greetings all! This site was suggested by a friend as a good source for information regarding front stuffers, so here I am.
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