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Traditional Firearms => Caplock Long Guns => Topic started by: Stormrider51 on February 22, 2015, 06:02:12 PM

Title: 1853 Enfield marked Barnett
Post by: Stormrider51 on February 22, 2015, 06:02:12 PM
Fellas I've got a head scratcher.  It's an 1853 Enfield rifled musket that looks far too good to be an original.  The problem is that it has a cartouche stamped into the buttstock that reads Barnett Gunmakers London in an oval.  The lock is stamped with Barnett London ahead of the hammer.  I can find no reference to any company making a reproduction marked Barnett.  Any ideas?

Storm
Title: Re: 1853 Enfield marked Barnett
Post by: mario on February 23, 2015, 06:45:40 PM
Good question. I don't know of any having cartouche marks on the stocks, but IIRC, Barnett did make '53 pattern guns for the Crown.

A buddy of mine had a Colt-made Springfield (1863?) rifled-musket that looked almost new. If it wasn't for the fact it was purchased from Bannermann's in the 1930s, you have trouble believing it was an original.

Mario
PS- That Colt was also dead-nuts accurate out past 200yds... :lt th
Title: Re: 1853 Enfield marked Barnett
Post by: Stormrider51 on February 23, 2015, 06:50:18 PM
Thanks, Mario.  Here's some photos the seller sent me.  I'm thinking of buying it but want to have some idea what I'm getting.

Storm
Title: Re: 1853 Enfield marked Barnett
Post by: TallTexan on February 23, 2015, 08:41:25 PM
Some info on the type of rifle from a sale of an original;

Antique Arms, Inc. - London Armoury Co. Enfield Pattern 1853 Musket (http://www.antiquearmsinc.com/london-armoury-p53-musket-rifle-enfield-LAC-kerr-confederate-civil-war-caleb-huse-JS-Anchor.htm)
Title: Re: 1853 Enfield marked Barnett
Post by: Tammany42 on November 09, 2015, 03:22:28 PM
You may want to post this question on the N-SSA.org Bulletin board.  They have a ton of musket knowledge