P1853 Enfield from Nepal

[d.perry]

With the current scarcity of newly manufactured musket replicas, has anyone reworked a Nepal Type II Enfield? I recently found a flea market vendor with a few. They were a little on the rough side but priced at $200-500. The bores were like sewer-pipes, but imagine they should be able to fire blanks?? I do not feel these, in this condition, have a great amount of historic value, so I wouldn't feel bad cosmetically restoring one for living history use.

Who has worked with or use the Nepal contract P1853 Enfield variants? Your comments and opinions?

 

[3rd North Carolina]

I have one that im currently working on. it was covered in muck so it i have spend alot of time taking it off. i did found that the lock plate and butt plate would have to worked on for it to fit.

 

[johan_steele]

I know a fella that picked one up early and it is actually quite nice. But they run the gamut from nice to **** condition and they are hand made. So don't expect parts to simply drop in.

There was a fella in the upper Midwest who was buying them on the cheap then "cleaning" them up to mock up an ACW P53 and selling them for $1200 or so. So it can be done.

 

[PrivateBrooke]

I've thought about it myself, but considering my lack of gunsmith ability it's best to stick to my repro Springfield for now.

 

[Bentonville]

I've been on the fence about these for a while now. I had not thought about parts in the least.

I do some black powder shoot and I was just thinking about one of these with a replacement barrel.

Keep me informed!

 

[3rd North Carolina]

I have gotten one of these and i am rebuilding it. if you dont know anything but woodworking or gunsmithing then get one that is like new conditions and not a dirty one