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Enfield Pattern 1853
The Enfield 1853 Rifle-Musket was a British percussion-fired rifled musket that would see use in the Crimean War, the Second Opium War, and the New Zeland Wars among many other British conflicts of the late 19th century. Allegations its paper cartridges, which were to be opened by biting them, were sealed with pork and/or beef fat that was sacrilege to Muslims and Hindus (respectively) would spark the 1857 Indian Mutiny. The Snider–Enfield cartridge conversion saw rear-line use as late as the First World War.
Most film appearances of this rifle are set in the American Civil War, as it was exported to both the North and the South to the point it 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 when the British government refused to sell them arms after it became obvious that the Confederacy could not win the war. It has been estimated that over 900,000 P53 Enfields were imported to America and saw service in every major engagement from the Battle of Shiloh (April, 1862) and the Siege of Vicksburg (May 1863), to the final battles of 1865. Afterwards, the American rifles would be exported to Meiji Era Japan where they would see use in the Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion.
Specifications
- Weight: 9 lb 5 oz (4.2 kg), unloaded
- Length: 55in (139.7cm)
- Calibre: .577 Minié Ball
- Action: Percussion Cap
- Rate of fire: User dependent, Usually 3+ rounds a minute
- Muzzle velocity: 900 ft/s (270 m/s)
- Maximum range: 2000 yd (1828.8m)
- Feed system: Muzzle-loading
- Sights: adjustable ramp rear sights, Fixed-post front sights
The Enfield Pattern 1853 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Trail | John Wayne | Breck Coleman | 1930 | |
| Springfield Rifle | Union troops | 1952 | ||
| The King of Khyber Rifles | Tyrone Power | Capt Alan King | 1953 | |
| British soldiers | ||||
| Indian soldiers | ||||
| 20000 Leagues Under the Sea | Marines from "that accursed nation" | Seen in the assault on Captain Nemo's lair, Vulcania | 1954 | |
| Women of Devil's Island | Michèle Mercier | Martine Foucher | Mocked as Charleville musket | 1962 |
| Guy Madison | Henri Vallière | |||
| Fernando Piazza | Michael | |||
| French soldiers | ||||
| Follow Me, Scoundrels! | Prussian soldiers | Musketoon | 1964 | |
| White Fang | Daniel Martín | Charlie | 1973 | |
| How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder (Kak Ivanushka-durachok za chudom khodil) | Soldiers | 1977 | ||
| Glory | Morgan Freeman | Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins | 1989 | |
| Denzel Washington | Pvt. Trip | |||
| Union and Confederate troops | ||||
| White Hunter Black Heart | Seen in John Wilson's house | 1990 | ||
| Dances With Wolves | Confederate soldiers | 1990 | ||
| White Fang | A gold prospector | 1991 | ||
| Shadow of the Wolf | Toshirô Mifune | Kroomak | 1992 | |
| Far and Away | One of Stephen Chase's men | 1992 | ||
| Enemy Gold | Union and Confederate troops | 1993 | ||
| Gettysburg | Union and Confederate troops | 1993 | ||
| Lady Into Lassie (Baryshnya-krestyanka) | Dmitriy Shcherbina | Aleksey Berestov | Pattern 1856 Army Short Rifle | 1995 |
| Amistad | Union and Confederate troops | 1997 | ||
| The Sign of Four | British-Indian soldiers | 2001 | ||
| American Outlaws | Union and Confederate troops | 2001 | ||
| Gods and Generals | C. Thomas Howell | Thomas Chamberlain | 2003 | |
| Stephen Lang | Stonewall Jackson | |||
| Union and Confederate soldiers | ||||
| Cold Mountain | Confederate soldiers | 2003 | ||
| The Last Samurai | Tom Cruise | Nathan Algren | 2003 | |
| Japanese troops | ||||
| The Hidden Blade | Soldiers | 2004 | ||
| The Fall | Governor Odious's soldiers | 2006 | ||
| Night at the Museum | Union and Confederate soldiers | 2006 | ||
| Silk | Japanese men | 2007 | ||
| An American Carol | Union soldiers | 2008 | ||
| In the Electric Mist | Confederate soldiers | 2009 | ||
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Hugh Jackman | James Howlett | 2009 | |
| Liev Schreiber | Victor Creed | |||
| Union and Confederate soldiers | ||||
| Jonah Hex | Union and Confederate soldiers | 2010 | ||
| Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Union and Confederate soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Lincoln | Dane DeHaan | A Union soldier | 2012 | |
| Lukas Haas | A Union soldier | |||
| Union and Confederate Troops | ||||
| Unforgiven | Soldiers | 2013 | ||
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Members of the history network team | 2013 | ||
| Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Union and Confederate soldiers | 2014 | ||
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Megan Gale | The Valkyrie | 2015 | |
| Slow West | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Jay Cavendish | Promo image only | 2015 |
| Free State of Jones | Union and Confederate soldiers | 2016 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherlock Holmes | British soldiers | Short Rifle; "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (S02E04) | 1968 | |
| North and South: Book II | Union and Confederate soldiers | 1986 | ||
| Around the World in 80 Days | Commune de Paris revolutionaries | 1989 | ||
| Inspector Morse | British soldiers in 1859 | "The Wench Is Dead" (S11E01) | 1998 | |
| Tremors: The Series | Arizona baseball team | 2003 | ||
| NCIS - Season 3 | Union re-enactors | Silver War (S3E04) | 2005 | |
| New Amsterdam | A Union soldier | "Soldier's Heart" (S01E03) | 2008 | |
| Mythbusters | Swimming With Syrup (S07E05) | 2009 | ||
| Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey | R. Lee Ermey | Himself | 2009 | |
| Wild Boys | Captain | 2011 | ||
| Revolution | Militia men | 2012 | ||
| Hatfields & McCoys | Kevin Costner | William Hatfield | 2012 | |
| Bill Paxton | Randall McCoy | |||
| 1864 | Danish and Prussian soldiers | P53 and P61 | 2014 | |
| Endeavour - Season 2 | Reenactors of British Army of Crimean War | "Trove" (S02E01) | 2014 | |
| Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles (Sherlok v Rossii) | Maksim Matveev | Sherlock Holmes | Pattern 1861 Enfield Musketoon; Denix replica | 2020 |
| 1883 | Union Army soldiers | Rifles and P1861 Musketoon | 2021 |
Video Game
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civilization V | 2010 | |||
| Total War: Shogun 2 — Fall of the Samurai | Pattern 1861 Musketoon | 2012 | ||
| Assassin's Creed III | 2012 | |||
| Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | 2013 | |||
| Assassin's Creed Rogue | 2014 |
See Also
- Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield