Civil War Rifles and Muskets

[Andrew Kasmar]

Hi,


What musket would you have wanted to be issued during the Civil War?

What rifle would you have wanted to be issued during the Civil War?

What musket would you have hated to be issued during the Civil War?

What rifle would you have hated to be issued during the Civil War?

The musket I would want is M1842 Springfield 69 caliber musket.

The rifle I would want is the M1861 Springfield 58 caliber rifle or Austrian Lorenz 54 caliber rifle musket.

The rifle that I would not want is the British Enfield 58 caliber rifle musket.

The musket that I would not is M1795 Springfield flintlock.

Andrew Kasmar

4th Missouri Company E

[bhutton]

Re: Civil War Rifles and Muskets

1842 Sprinfield
1855 Harpers Ferry
1858 Enfield
Like them all

Bob Hutton

[nick19thind]

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Favorite rifle:
3-band Enfield. Easy to maintain, doesn't misfire, blued finish means you don't have to take it apart for cleaning after every event

Least favorite:
1861 Springfield. Heavy, badly-designed, often misfires. If you have one my advice is to replace the nipple and ramrod with Enfield parts, or even better sell it and get an Enfield.

[Fenianboy]

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Favorite Rifle Musket 61 Springfield or Contracts(originals didn't have problem with the nipple) Musket the 42 Springfield is tops in my book.Although the 53 Enfield is a piece of art it is hell on the cheek in sustained fire.The Potsdams are my least favorite smoothbore.

[Curt Schmidt]

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Hallo!

Original or reproduction? ;) :)

Curt

[BSWBCW]

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Finally found something of my liking .

favorite rifled muskets - 1861 springfield,1861 colt contract, And of course the austrian lorenze in .54 cal.

Favorite rifles- 1863 fayettville type 3 s hammer varient. Plymouth whitney navy rifle (how can you forget a rifled .69 cal). Whitney militia rifle. and i love my enfields as well.

Random favorites. Richmond carbine type one (which is a carbine legnth smoothbore). Macon arsenal varient of the 1842 (which is a 2 band smoothbore that uses first and third band) and my favorite gun of all time from the civil war and im sure some will agree is the Model 1 Maynard!!


PS- the only reason i didnt put least favorite civil war rifle/muskets is because there is no such thing in my dictionary.


Brad Beers

[ajroscoe]

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Hello all,

The best rifle is the M1841 Rifle .54 or .58 caliber aka The Mississippi - its shorter, lighter, and all together handier, plus it is beautiful to look at. Personally, I like the saber bayonet modification more than the socket type of muskets.

The worst I've ever seen is the M1809 Prussian musket. Heavy, awkward, and lacking in any of the style of the M1842 Musket.

[Linkstrap]

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The first one is easy enough, the 1842 Springfield.

The second is way tougher.., 1841 'Mississipi' Rifle, Sharps Carbine, Spencer Carbine, I love 'em all!

Third & fourth.., least favourites? Sorry, I can't even begin to relate to that concept! :D

[tenfed1861]

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Favorite Musket:1816 Springfield,converted.
Favorite Rifle Musket:Lorenz
Favorite Rifle:1841 Springfield Rifle
Favorite Pistol:1858 Model Starr Army Revolver.

[ney]

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Favorite Musket: 1842 Springfield
Favorite Rifle: Fayetteville Rifle

Least Favorite is the 1861. I just don't like the feel.

[Craig L Barry]

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The is the goofiest thread I have seen in a long time, but I'll play along...

Favorite US 1861................Dixie/Miroku kit, you always love something you build yourself
Favorite Enfield..................Todd Watts de-farb of an original Brit P-H done as an E Bond, currently owned by P Landrum
Favorite rifle.......................A. Zoli or early Navy Arms US 1841 repro set up for saber bayonet
Favorite musket................ Armi Sport US 1842 96-97 vintage, early serial number, the Mack truck of repro muskets
Favorite US 1855...............James River Armory custom variant with Hoyt barrel, patchbox and working Maynard lock
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Least favorite...................Any of those made in India converted wallhangers produced out of low carbon steel with unproofed barrels

[Curt Schmidt]

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Hallo!

Moderator hat on...

"The is the goofiest thread I have seen in a long time, but I'll play along..."

It is, if not pushing the No Farbism Rule.

But, IMHO, since there is research and documentation that Civil War soldiers did fuss and express opinions about the weapons they were ISSUED, I did not want to curtail or kill it unless it went too badly.

Moderator hat off...

Aesthetically, I "like" the M1855 Rifle-Musket and M1855 Rifle (in all their multiple variants) and by default or "evolution" the Richmond Armory variants and the Fayetteville variants.

Curt

[Andrew Kasmar]

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Hi,

I am not suppose to ask polls like this? Basically what I wanted to see was what todays reenactors would have wanted to be issued during the war, and also to see what they would not have wanted to be issued. If any one miss took the meaning of these questions I am very sorry.

Andrew Kasmar

4th Missouri Company E

[BSWBCW]

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I love fayettvilles. i just purchased one that was made by MR HACK. who is well known custom rifle,and rifled musket. i also have a model one maynard made by mr romano. It is made to shoot but i feel that it is just wayy too nice to shoot hahaha.


brad Beers

[mslaird]

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I will bite as well,

I am quite fond of the 42 for close range work as buck and ball is a favorite load of mine. I love the 41 in all of its many forms for medium range rifle work. I am also very fond of the 1855 rifle and rifle-musket, though there is something to be said for the 42 rifled-musket, aside from the recoil that is. My GGG Grandfather carried a Lorenze for the first part of the war, so that one has a place in my heart as well. I would have rather not been issued a flintlock due to the fact that they could be quite a pain in not so perfect conditions. I would have liked to avoid a Tyler Texas Rifle as well. But soldiers do not get to choose, as I found when I served in the military, so I would have made the best of whatever I recieved as an issue item and done what I could to replace it if it was less than desirable.