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    Perhaps the brain trust of the Authentic Campaigner can help me. I have a Euro Arms 1853 Enfield. The screws that hold the bands are cutting my hands. It's either the screws or some other sharp area on the weapon, perhaps the bottom of the bands. I'd like to know if anyone else has had this problem and what they did to correct it before I implement changes.

    Thanks to all.

    Big Roy
    Roy Eanes

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    Re: Enfield cutting hands

    Sounds like Italian detailers are as bad as their machinists.

    I recommend taking a small fine/medium cut bastard file or even a jewelers file. Find anyplace that are rough or sharp to the touch and "deburr" it. (smooth it out)
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      Re: Enfield cutting hands

      Hallo Kamerad!

      There was a similar problem with the band screws on the originals, which ultimately resulted in the Baddeley Patent bands (lower and middle) on the P1853, 4th Model (approved May 7, 1861) to remedy the screw catching on clothing and equipment.

      Regarding the Italian repro "Enfield's," older ones (before the Armi Sport versions with the 3rd Model bands) sometimes had either replaced screws or original bands that had lost their screw-stops (the doughnut shaped "washer") thus exposing screw ends. For screws that had been cut down to length, sometimes the last thread was only a sliver which acted/acts like a small razor or knife blade.

      Back in 1987, I built a 3rd Model "Enfield" using original bands. Since the three bands were from different guns, their screw size and head size varied.
      I replaced them with my own screws, and had a machinist lathe turn the stops. But I did a poor job of peening the end of the screws, and lost two of the stops after its second time out. The lower band screw's end was razor sharp, and it took me about a dozen cuts on my right hand from shoulder and order arms before I realized where they were coming from... :-)

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      • #4
        Re: Enfield cutting hands

        Gentlemen,

        Thank you for your input. I shall break out a jeweler's file this weekend and go to work.

        Roy Eanes
        Roy Eanes

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