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	Springfield Rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term Springfield Rifle may refer to any one of several types of small arms produced by the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the United States armed forces.
		Some examples of the smoothbore Springfield model 1842 musket that were later modified with rifling and used during the American Civil War may also be referred to as "Springfield rifles".
		The Krag-Jørgensen, M-1 Garand and M-14 rifles are not typically referred to as "Springfield rifles", even though they were rifles manufactured by the Springfield Armory for the U.S. military.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Springfield_rifle (206 words)

	J. Stanage - The Rifle-Musket vs. The Smoothbore Musket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Of these cartridges, A and B were used in the smoothbore muskets, C was used in a rifled version of the same muskets and D was used in the Springfield, the Enfield and many other arms of that same caliber.
		This indicates that for all practical purposes the smoothbore musket is ineffective at 300 yards and greater.
		The smoothbore with only ball is obviously worse than the rifle musket, while the smoothbore with buck and ball is better than the rifle musket at 100 yards and is better than the smoothbore with ball alone at 200 yards.
	www.iusb.edu /~journal/2000/stanage.html (3543 words)

	The 1855 Rifle Musket
		For rifled small arms these spherical lead balls had to be nearly the same diameter as the bore of the gun in order for the projectile to engage the rifling lands and grooves on the inside of the barrel when the gun was fired.
		Much of the army's existing stock of.69 caliber smoothbores was rifled in the years preceding the Civil War, but these, often called 'rifled muskets' to reflect the fact that their rifling was a later modification, were considered second-class weapons and were usually kept in reserve at arsenals or issued to militia units.
		In 1855 the army finally approved the design of a series of rifled weapons which were all to use a standard.58 caliber round- a long infantry 'rifle musket,' a slightly shorter 'cadet musket,' a still shorter 'rifle' and, finally a 'pistol-carbine' that was issued with a detachable shoulder stock.
	www.eclectichistorian.net /RifleMusket (3636 words)

	Definition of "rifled musket" - TheFiringLine Forums
		Yes, the rifled musket was a former smoothbore that was fitted with a rifled barrel, usually of.58 caliber and used to fire hollow based Minie balls.
		The musket and rifled musket had relatively thin barrels, somthing like a shotgun in thickness of the metal while the true rifle had a quite a thick barrel and was used with a patched round ball.
		Rifled muskets are identical to muzzle-loading muskets in all respects except for the addition of a rifled barrel.
	www.thefiringline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=98530 (777 words)

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		By contrast, a smoothbore musket (of the sort used in the War of Independence and all other American conflicts before the Civil War) had no grooves--no "rifling." A bullet fired from a smoothbore musket was like a knuckleball in baseball--it would go generally toward the target, but it might veer off in any direction.
		With a rifled musket, however, you had to pound the bullet down the barrel with a mallet and a long pole.
		When the rifle was fired, the expanding gas made by the gunpowder widened the sides of this hollow end in a small fraction of a second.
	people.cohums.ohio-state.edu /grimsley1/milhis/army.htm (1096 words)

	Military Review: Technology and the American Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Before the rifled musket came into use, Napoleonic tactics of linear frontal assault of massed forces, supported by direct-fire artillery and quick cavalry charges, was the recipe for battlefield success.
		For example, an infantryman with a rifled musket was a greater threat to artillerymen and cavalrymen.
		Using the rifled musket also allowed the infantryman to attack cavalry soldiers from a much greater distance, which reduced the cavalry's shock affect and made a cavalry charge more costly to the attacker.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PBZ/is_2004_May-June/ai_n6123966 (1356 words)

	Armi Sport Reproduction Muskets from Thunder Ridge
		The model 1861 Springfield rifled musket was the principal firearm of the Civil War.
		The C.S. Richmond Musket was manufactured from 1861 to 1865 by The Richmond Armory in Richmond, Virginia.
		This musket is the same as the 1842 above except the barrel has been rifled with 3 lands and grooves.
	www.thunder-ridge-muzzleloading.com /cwmuskets.htm (754 words)

	58 Springfield Rifle Musket
		The muzzle loading 58 caliber rifled musket was the primary weapon of the American Civil War.
		The 56 inch long musket (40" long barrel) was nearly as tall as the average man of the era.
		Shooting a rifle musket can be fun with instant gratification of the smoke cloud, but requires a safe place with a hill as a backstop.
	www.hackman-adams.com /guns/58musket.htm (1047 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The inner walls of the barrel of the smoothbore musket are smoothed, while the inner walls of the rifled musket have twisted grooves etched into them.
		It was not until 1863 that the rifled musket was available to all of the regiment (Griffith, p.
		First of all, the increased range and accuracy of the rifled musket gave the infantrymen a reduced sense of risk because of their ability to fire at further distances.
	t3.preservice.org /T0200023/Weaponry/page4/smoothborevsrifled.html (487 words)

	Percussion Muskets, Supplied By, The Possible Shop, Headquarters For Your Muzzleloading Supplies and Much More
		This musket is the same as the 1842 smoothbore except the barrel has been rifled with 3 lands and grooves.
		The model 1861 Springfield rifled musket was the principle firearm of the Civil War.
		This musket was produced in larger numbers than all the other Confederate long arms manufactured during the Civil War.
	www.possibleshop.com /perc-muskets.htm (741 words)

	DUNLAP/MILITARY-STOCKS
		Since the 1795 musket parts were all hand-made, almost all parts vary in size from one musket to another.
		This copy of a fine German infantry musket is carved with the barrel channel to dimension and the inletting for the other parts approximately.035 undersize allow for the minor variations in the original parts dimensions between the various German armories.
		Charlaisville Musket Stocks The stocks are cut to dimension to be used to replace the one-piece and two-piece reproduction musket stocks for the Italian reproduction models.
	www.dunlapwoodcrafts.com /milstocks.htm (2077 words)

	12thILLmuskets
		These muskets were retired by the U.S. Government after the Mexican war, but pressed back into service when the Civil War broke out.
		This is the Springfield model 1855.58 cal rifled musket.
		This rifled musket was the state of the art killing machine when the Civil war broke out.
	www.geocities.com /sidedrummerboy/12thILLmuskets.html (179 words)

	Weaponry - The Rifle-Musket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When used by a marksman familiar with the weapon, a rifle could be deadly at the unheard of range of 300 yards - three times the effective range of a musket.
		Springfield Armory produced the.58 Model 1855 caliber rifle musket specifically for use with the "Minie' bullet." In all, about 47,115 were manufactured with the Maynard tape lock from 1857 to 1861.
		Many of the Model 1842 muskets were rifled and had sights installed once the rifled musket was adopted.
	www.nps.gov /spar/1855gunb.html (377 words)

	RiflesAntiquePercussion
		The smoothbore muskets of this pattern manufactured in Danzig are somewhat difficult to find in original condition, as most of them were converted to Minie system rifled muskets M.1839/55.
		The rifle was manufactured by August Francotte of Liege, as indicated by markings on the lockplate and on the left side of the barrel.
		The smoothbore muskets of this pattern are somewhat difficult to find in original condition, as most of them were converted to rifled muskets M.1842/59, and consequently to Milbank Amsler breech loaders M.1842/59//67.
	www.collectiblefirearms.com /RiflesAntiquePercussion.html (2499 words)

	Civilwarguns - Civilwarguns - M1842 Musket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In short, the rifles 69s were as accurate as the 58s, but had hiigher trajectories, lower muzzle velocities and kicked a lot harder.
		The 69 caliber muskets and rifled muskets were very effective with terminal effects close to that of a modern 12 gauge deer slug.
		A civil war soldier wounded for instance in the shoulder by a 69 caliber musket could expect to die from the wound 33% of the time or lose an arm 12.5% of the time or both.
	www.civilwarguns.com /board/index.php?forum=1&topic=254 (361 words)

	John Zimmerman's Civil War Era Longarms
		The Model 1861 was the standard musket in use during the civil war.
		The "Mississippi Rifle" owes its name to the successful use of the weapon by a Mississippi regiment, under command of Jefferson Davis, in the Mexican War.
		Rifles were usually fitted with a single trigger but some had double set triggers.
	www.edsmart.com /jz/guns.htm (1795 words)

	Middle Tennessee Civil War Relics
		The musket was originally a full length 3- bander and was shortened during the Civil War era to carbine length possibly for cavalry use.
		The 58 cal. Springfield rifled musket is considered by most to be the most representative long arm of the American Civil War.
		This is an attractive musket with a smooth dark patina on the metal with lockplate markings of "U.S.-Springfield-1841." The wood is complete and nice with the normal small dings and marks from use.
	www.midtenrelics.com /firearms.htm (1171 words)

	Justice Done!
		Among all the types of Civil War U.S. government contracted rifled muskets, the most confusing as to a standard make up has to be the weapons that P. Justice furnished in late 1861.
		I will further certify that this rifled musket is, with the possible exception of the ramrod, entirely original.
		caliber barrel is rifled with 3 broad grooves and lands.
	www.armscollectors.com /mgs/justice_done!.htm (1052 words)

	Military Images: Infantry longarms: A photo survey
		In 1855 the Army adopted a 0.58 calibre rifled musket as its standard infantry longarm.
		The first issue flintlock musket was the M1879 and this was joined by 1808 contract muskets, 1798 muskets made by Eli Whitney, M1812 Springfield muskets, the M1816, and the M1835 muskets.
		The M1855 0.58 caliber rifled musket was the most common Civil War infantry long arm in one of several variations.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3905/is_200203/ai_n9047315 (1389 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some of these were rifled and had rear sights installed shortly before and after the beginning of the War, and are properly termed "rifled muskets".
		The British, it could be said, were "messier." In the 18th century the difference between their "musket" and "carbine" was often that the "carbine" was "carbine bore" of nominally.65 while the "musket" was "musket bore" of nominal.75.
		Although you will find reenactors simply calling anything that loads via the muzzle a "musket" and/or using the terms 3-bander and 2-bander, it may be important to you to know the military definitions, as used during this period should you decide to do any research or use period manuals.
	www.cwreenactors.com /cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=printer_format&om=1805&forum=Howto (1640 words)

	BLOCKADE RUNNER CIVIL WAR SUTLER Suttlery 2-8-05
		Rifled model Item #017-R1 The model 1861 Springfield rifled musket was the principal firearm of the Civil War.
		C.S. The C.S. Richmond Musket was manufactured from 1861 to 1865 by The Richmond Armory in Richmond, Virginia.
		This rifle is a paper cartridge rifle in.54 cal. We do offer two different barrel lengths and your choice of single triggers or double set, dual phased triggers.
	www.blockaderunner.com /Catalog/catpg3.htm (874 words)

	Civil War Reproduction Muskets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The British Enfield rifle muskets were purchased and imported in large numbers, and used by both sides during the Civil War.
		One piece American walnut oil finish stock,.58 caliber rifled bore, 40 inch barrel, overall length is 56 inches, and rate of twist is 1 in 66 inches.
		It became known as the "Mississippi Rifle" when it was used by a regiment of Mississippians commanded by Jefferson Davis during the Mexican War.
	www.regtqm.com /muskets.htm (1285 words)

	Graybeard Outdoors :: View topic - Rifled musket questions. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The only ML rifle I have at the time is a Lyman GPR.50 so the Enfield was a lot different for me. Lately though I've been giving thought to getting a CW era rifled musket.
		This one of the rifles that was built in England using the original patterns so it's fairly old,but it still gets the job done.
		Ninety or a hundred grains of powder seems right for a big.58 rifle, but if you use that much it is bye bye to accuracy because the minie ball will not grip the rifling.
	www.graybeardoutdoors.com /phpbb2/archive/o_t__t_34583__rifled-musket-questions..html (2185 words)

	Armi Chiappa - Armi Sport - Kimar
		During 1856-1859 about 14.000 of the smoothbores were rifled and around 10.000 of these were fitted with rear sights.
		This musket is the same as the 1842 U.S. Percussion Musket except the barrel has been rifled with 3 lands & grooves.
		This musket features a one piece walnut hand oil finished stock.
	www.armisport.com /eng/dettaglioA.asp?idSottoFamiglia=2 (63 words)

	Black Powder Muskets for Reenacting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For those reenactors whose regiment received the rifled '42s, this is the correct weapon for you.
		The original smoothbore musket was originally altered between the years of 1856-1859 to a rifled musket.
		The rifled version is identical to the smoothbore model with the exception of the newly grooved barrels (2 lands and grooves) and the long range rear sights.
	members.aol.com /historybks/muskets.htm (1824 words)

	Shooting the Minié ball and Rifled Musket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The two brothers in arms, the rifled musket and the minié ball, should trigger one of the greatest changes of battle tactics of all time.
		Wrapped in a paper cartridge which contained both the powder and ball it could be loaded at high speed without having to literally hammer the bullet down the bore which was common when using oversized conicals and patched roundballs.
		The result was a muzzleloading rifle with great accuracy that could be loaded at high speed.
	www.svartkrutt.net /engminie.html (899 words)

	LINDSAY "TWO-SHOT" CW RIFLED MUSKET
		The really novel feature of this particular arm was the very ingenious lock mechanism developed by the inventor J. Lindsay and patented Oct. 9, 1860.
		The.58 caliber musket is loaded in the normal manner with powder then rammed ball, with the loading procedure again repeated in the normal manner.
		Both hammers are then drawn back, but irrespective of the position of the hammers, the right-hand hammer always falls first.
	www.frontieramericana.com /iteminfo.cfm?ItemNumber=m1551 (218 words)

	Staff Ride Guide: Battle of Ball's Bluff: Small Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The loading procedure required the soldier to withdraw a paper cartridge (containing powder and bullet) from his cartridge box, tear open one end with his teeth, pour the powder into the muzzle, place the bullet in the muzzle, and ram it to the breech using a metal ramrod.
		Although the maximum range of a rifled musket might be over 1,000 yards, actual fields of fire were often very short, the emphasis of musketry fire relying on volume at close range rather than accuracy at long.
		At the beginning of the war a shortage of rifled muskets on both sides forced the Northern and Southern governments to issue the older smoothbore weapons or purchase weapons from European nations.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Staff-Rides/ballsbluff/small_arms.htm (451 words)

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