Picked up this Parker Hale repro of an 1861 Enfield "Artillery" rifled musketoon this past weekend. It's .58 caliber intended for Minie-type conical bullets with cone bases.

No box, but it came with all the papers and the "sergeant's tool," and has a leather or plastic padded brass nipple cap attached with a brass chain to the trigger guard. Convenient for keeping nipples capped.

The bore shows only blueing and no trace of lead in the grooves or on the lands, and the breech plug is still in the white, indicating the previous owner hadn't fired it since purchase in the 70s. Kinda weird because the paperwork says it was proofed using a 3X recommended charge of BP. Maybe they proofed one gun, or random guns selected from production. What is certain is that no one has fired this example.

It's an early all Parker Hale gun, the underside of the barrel is not marked "Sile" or has any Italian marks.

Looking forward to getting it dirty sometime the next few weeks, but my weekend sched is hectic through Thanksgiving.

I've only owned flintlocks and have been looking for a PH two-band off and on since the mid 80s. Better late then never.

Noah