CIVIL WAR Era J.P. MOORE & Sons P1853 SHORT ENFIELD Percussion Rifle-Musket Sub-Contractor for the Colt Firearms Company

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CIVIL WAR Era J.P. MOORE & Sons P1853 SHORT ENFIELD Percussion Rifle-Musket

Sub-Contractor for the Colt Firearms Company

Here we present an antique Short Enfield Pattern 1853 Two Band Rifle-Musket, made circa 1861-1863 by J.P. Moore & Sons in New York City. These Moore assembled guns were a mixture of American made and imported parts with many variations of these Moore’s Enfields being purchased by the federal government and state governments for use in the American Civil War. 
The Pattern 1853 was the British Military Ordnance Board’s choice for adoption as the primary long arm in 1853. It was considered the apex European military gun of that time, introduced by the British War Department after several studies to improve the calibers and the dimensions of the previous models. However, it kept the same general appearance of the earlier pattern 1851. The overwhelming majority of P53 Enfield Rifles were made by commercial gun makers in Birmingham and London under contract. The ramrod tip is shaped with the characteristic jag slot. It is also equipped with two sling swivels.

The Enfield 1853 rifle-musket was also used by both the North and the South in the American Civil War and was the second most widely used infantry weapon in the war, surpassed only by the Springfield Model 1861 Rifled Musket. The Confederates imported more Enfields during the course of the war than any other small arm, buying from private contractors and gun runners. It has been estimated that over 900,000 P53 Enfields were imported into America and saw service in every major engagement of the war.

The overall condition is good. Original deep brown patina. The stock is re-varnished and has a few grain splits in the buttstock but is otherwise in very good condition. The action is robust. The bore is dark and smoothbored. “MOORE” marked lock.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 33 inches.

Caliber: .62 Smoothbore

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$2200

#250056
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $2,200.00
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