Confederate Enfield?

[Old Soldier]

No other marks than the ones I posted. I don't know what spring retainers for the bands means.

Are the bands just tightened by screws or are they screwless and held in place by long thin springs set into the stock Like the M1855? (associated with the Enfield P53 type 2).

Please give us a photo of the top of the breech too.

 

[Ihatecomplicatedinterface]

Are the bands just tightened by screws or are they screwless and held in place by long thin springs set into the stock Like the M1855? (associated with the Enfield P53 type 2).
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Please give us a photo of the top of the breech too.

What is a breach?

 

[Old Soldier]

The breech is the end of the barrel opposite the hammer. The breech a continualtion of the bore but is unrifled and often a slightly smaller bore than the barrel and just long enough to take a full charge of black powder. (Same place you would put a cartridge in a breechloader) Photo to show:

 

[Cornpone and Molasses]

Here is my Confederate Barnett Enfield. It has a CH/1 near the buttplate tang. If you have one on yours it may be hard to see on your musket, but look closely.

 

[Jeff in Ohio]

I think students of these markings stamped in the wood on top of the stock, just in front of the butt plate tang, and usually in a circle, believe these are all confederate inspector's markings.