![]() As the bullet moves down the bore, it encounters progressively tighter rifling to grip the bullet firmly. ![]() A hollow-based Minie' bullet, upon firing, flares its skirt out to engage the rifling. The rifling is deeper at the breech, then "chokes down" as it nears the muzzle. Other rifles may have the 1:48 twist, but not the progressive depth rifling. This rifle, like the originals (upon which it was cloned by Parker Hale), has the progressive depth rifling and 1:48 twist. At least 30 range fires were attributed to shooters in 2012.īut what little I've fired it, it's been outstandingly accurate. Shooting was unsafe through December 2012, for fear of starting a range fire. Haven't shot it much, because beginning in February 2012 we experienced drought conditions in the northwestern Utah desert. Parker Hale made these Enfields from 1972 to 1990. In November 2011 I purchased a like-new 1858 Enfield made by Parker Hale, probably in the 1980s.
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