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The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifle-musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867, after which many Enfield 1853 rifle-muskets were converted to (and replaced in service by) the cartridge-loaded Snider-Enfield rifle. ==History and development== The term “rifle-musket” meant that the rifle was the same length as the musket it replaced. A long rifle was thought necessary to enable the muzzles of the second rank of soldiers to project beyond the faces of the men in front, ensuring that the weapon would be sufficiently long when fitted with a bayonet to be able to be effective against cavalry, should such an eventuality arise. The barrel had three grooves, with a 1:78 rifling twist, and was fastened to the stock with three metal bands, so that the rifle was often called a "three band" model. The rifle's cartridges contained of black powder, and the ball was typically a Pritchett or a Burton-Minié, which would be driven out at about 850 to 900 feet (259 - 274m) per second. It was developed by William Pritchett in the 1850s. The Enfield’s adjustable ladder rear sight had steps for the default or “battle sight” range , , and . For distances beyond that, an adjustable flip-up blade sight was graduated (depending on the model and date of manufacture) from to . British soldiers were trained to hit a target by with a diameter bull's eye, counting 2 pointsout to . The target used from to had a bull's eye, with any man scoring 7 points with 20 rounds at that range being designated a marksman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pattern 1853 Enfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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