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RULES

FOR THE

MANAGEMENT AND CLEANING

OF THE

Rifle Musket, Model 1855.

 

CONTENTS

Materials of which the Parts are made.

Nomenclature, descriptive of the Rifle Musket.

Rifle Musket and Appendages, Model 1855.

Rules for Dismounting the Rifle Musket.

TO CLEAN THE BARREL.

TO CLEAN THE LOCK.

TO CLEAN THE MOUNTINGS.

TO RE-ASSEMBLE THE MUSKET

RULES FOR THE MORE COMPLETE DISMOUNTING OF THE RIFLE MUSKET, WHEN CLEANED BY AN ARMORER

ORDER IN WHICH THE LOCK IS TAKEN APART.

 TO PLACE A COIL OF PRIMERS IN THE MAGAZINE

MR. DINGEE'S DIRECTIONS FOR REBLACKING BELTS

 

 

 

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Extract from Ordnance Manual

PAGE 185.

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PRESERVATION OF ARMS IN SERVICE.

 

THE officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers should be instructed and practiced in the nomenclature of the arms, the manner of dismounting and mounting them, and the precautions and care required for their preservation.

Each soldier should have a screw-driver and a wiper, and a tumbler-punch, and a spring-vice.  No other implements should be used in taking arms apart or setting them up.

In the inspection of arms, officers should attend to the qualities essential to service, rather than to a bright polish on the exterior of the arms.  The arms should be inspected in the quarters at least once a month, with the barrel and lock separated from the stock.

 

 

Materials of which the Parts are made.

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Steel.

 

Tumbler; Lock-swivel; Feed-finger; Finger-spring; Cover-catch; Sear; Sear-spring; Mainspring; Band-springs; Ramrod; Rear-sight (except the screw); Screw-driver; Wiper; Ball-screw; Cone; Tumbler and Wire Punch.

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Brass.

 

Tip for Stock; head of Tompion.

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Wood.

 

Stock; Tompion.

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Iron

 

Socket of the Bayonet,                 

and all other parts not enumerated.

 

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