What Kind of Musket(S) do you carry?

[Southern Cal]

Re: What Kind of Musket(S) do you carry?

Defarbed 3-band Enfield, defarbed 2-band Enfield, defarbed 1842 'rifled' musket.

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[FedOfficer]

Re: What Kind of Musket(S) do you carry?

Stock Euroarms M1861 Springfield, defarbed burnished Enfield, partially defarbed blued Enfield, original M1842 (OK, OK, I no longer use it!), and a Sharps carbine I'm trying to trade for something else infantry! Oh, and I'm putting together a M1841 Mississippi from parts.

Rick Rachal

[FWL]

Re: What Kind of Musket(S) do you carry?

What kind of musket(s) do you use? Original or repop?

Well, yes and yes. I generally represent a AOP generic soldier. I carry a defarbed Enfield to most reenactments that Lodgewood defarbed ( a most excellent job although I have to have a bit more work to do).

I also have the good fortune to own a 1862 Tower Enfield with the soldiers etchings on the brass (this is my favorite this gun speaks to me!). I also have a Norfolk, CT 1863 Springfield. I could not pass up the deals I got on these guns. I sometimes take my authentics with me to living histories but not to general reenactments. Their educational value to both follow reenactors and to the general public out weigh the risks. When I do take them out they do not leave my side.

Frank Lilley
28th Mass Vols., Co. K

[A Sykes Regular]

Re: What Kind of Musket(S) do you carry?

I also carry a repro. 1855, with working Maynard (repro lockplate, but original parts and hammer), for pre- and early war impressions. I have a repro `61 Springfield for 1863-65 impressions.

[Kykeydet12]

Re: What Kind of Musket(S) do you carry?

I've only done an infantry immpression twice and both times I used a somewhat defarbed armi-sport springfield m1861 . I plan to buy an springfield m1861 by euroarms and see if I can afford a defarbing job by zimmerman, or maybe have a friend of mine teach me how to do it .I'm spliting my account after I buy a springfield to buy an enfield.

Rob young

[rick atwood]

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I started out with a 53 Enfield, then moved to a 61 Springfield, then a 42. Now I'm back to an Enfield again. Can't seem to get away from it. I will add to the chorus of those admiring Curt's collection.

[Gallinipper]

Re: What Kind of Musket(S) do you carry?

I started out with a 53 Enfield, then moved to a 61 Springfield, then a 42. Now I'm back to an Enfield again. Can't seem to get away from it. I will add to the chorus of those admiring Curt's collection.

Rick that's exactly the same path I took. I started out with a good ol' blued Euroarms Enfield (1989) which I had traded a Colt-manufactured .44 Army pistol for..... Traded that for an Armi-Sport '61 Springfield, instead of doing all the required defarb work..... Then decided I just HAD to have one of the new '42 repops, so sold that and managed to get one of the first ones from Old Sutler John (I miss him)..... Kept that sucker but traded other articles for another Euro Enfield, which is in the process of being defarbed with the help of Geoff's articles, Curt's forum posts, and the kind assistance of Becky at Lodgewood(!)
Rich Croxton