Thomas Turner 2-Band .577 Enfield Rifle
Thomas Turner 2-Band .577 Enfield Rifle
Thomas Turner 2-Band .577 Enfield Rifle. The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded Snider–Enfield rifle.
The term “rifle-musket” originally referred to muskets with the smooth-bored barrels replaced with rifled barrels. The length of the barrels were unchanged, allowing the weapons to be fired in ranks, since a long rifle was necessary to enable the muzzles of the second rank of soldiers to project beyond the faces of the men in front. The weapon would also be sufficiently long when fitted with a bayonet to be effective against cavalry. Such weapons manufactured with rifled barrels, muzzle loading, single shot, and utilizing the same firing mechanism, also came to be called rifle-muskets.
Royal Small Arms Factory developed the Pattern 1853 Enfield in the 1850s. The 39 in (99 cm) barrel had three grooves, with a 1:78 rifling twist, and was fastened to the stock with three metal bands, so that the rifle was often called a “three band” model. The rifle’s cartridges contained 2+1⁄2 drams, or 68 grains (4.4 g) of gunpowder, and the ball was typically a 530-grain (34 g) Boxer modification of the Pritchett & Metford or a Burton-Minié, which would be driven out at approximately 1,250 feet (380 m) per second.
An Enfield rifle by Thomas Turner of Birmingham. It is in great original condition with some slight pitting on the barrel.and full working order. The bore is excellent.
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Thomas Turner 2-Band .577 Enfield Rifle
Turner, Thomas, Birmingham
Thomas Turner was born in 1805, he was in business as a barrel maker at Court 5, Aston Street, Birmingham in 1834. By 1838 he had extended his business interests and move to 8 Fisher Street where he is recorded as a pistol and barrel maker.
During his stay in Fisher Street he patented a number of interesting inventions including a breech plug and a rifle sight. Turner also invented a system of non-fouling rifling which was used extensively in the 1860's.
In 1864 he obtained a patent for a sliding breech block for a rifle. Another patent protected his idea for a barrel locking system where the operating lever was fitted behind the trigger guard and had to be pulled back to open the gun.
Turner described one of his guns as the "Featherweight" and he quoted a testimonial from General Tschertkoff, Huntsman to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, in all his advertising.
Patents:
958 1860
1937 1862 w/Taylor
2458 1864 Sliding breech block
2585 1864 Drop down barrel
2227 1866 Extractor w/Siddons
898 1876
12616 1885 Twist barrels
7155 1887 Sights
Turner also had businesses in Reading, Newbury, Basingstoke and London.
Market Place, Reading 1834-1851
86 Northbrook Street, Reading 1900
19 Brook Street, London 1884-1891
172 New Bond Street 1892-1893
Not listed, London 1900
He also made several Long Range muzzleloading target rifles for the 1000 yard competitions at Bisley.
The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded Snider–Enfield rifle.
The term "rifle-musket" originally referred to muskets with the smooth-bored barrels replaced with rifled barrels. The length of the barrels were unchanged, allowing the weapons to be fired in ranks, since a long rifle was necessary to enable the muzzles of the second rank of soldiers to project beyond the faces of the men in front. The weapon would also be sufficiently long when fitted with a bayonet to be effective against cavalry. Such weapons manufactured with rifled barrels, muzzle loading, single shot, and utilizing the same firing mechanism, also came to be called rifle-muskets.
Royal Small Arms Factory developed the Pattern 1853 Enfield in the 1850s. The 39 in (99 cm) barrel had three grooves, with a 1:78 rifling twist, and was fastened to the stock with three metal bands, so that the rifle was often called a "three band" model. The rifle's cartridges contained 2+1⁄2 drams, or 68 grains (4.4 g) of gunpowder, and the ball was typically a 530-grain (34 g) Boxer modification of the Pritchett & Metford or a Burton-Minié, which would be driven out at approximately 1,250 feet (380 m) per second.
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