The Enfield Royal Small of arm Factory (RSAF) is a former British weapon manufacturer.

History

1804 were built in Lewisham an government-own company for the production of 1812 were extended this company by a work in Enfield LOCK, since water power was available there for the machines. Here a powder mill had its seat carrier 1816 then the work in Lewisham in favor of of Enfield was already given up. After the end of the napoleonischen war here however partly only 30 persons worked. Only the Krimkrieg let the need at rifles revive again, so that 1857 with new production lines became possible a mass production. The machines for this were supplied from the United States from America. The RSAF when this enlargement the capacities quasi its own city with church, market, houses and everything which to it was belonged. The main production hall with a front of Italian style and clock tower stands this very day and is now a component of a shopping center.

During the US civil war large numbers of items of the Enfield Rifle were sold from 1853 at the north and Southern States. Around 1890 approx. 2,000 rifles with all other equipment are to have been made per week.

RSAF belonged to 1987 starting from 1984 to Royal Ordnance - occasionally also owner of Heckler & cook - and to the British Aerospace was sold. The RSAF was closed afterwards however directly. One shifted the famous Pattern Room, in which by each manufactured model pieces were kept, to the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

Gun and pistols

Gun Enfield No. 2 Marks of 1

Rifles

Front and single loader rifles

The first - and after some sources already around 1790 in the area of Enfield - produced weapon was the Brown Bess rifle. Around 1800 the Baker Rifle was then introduced. Also this rifle was a front loader, however in the caliber of,628, and had a run interior profile with 7 courses. In the following years various further front loader weapons followed and starting from 1871 then also the first Hinterlader, beginning with the Martin Henry rifle in the caliber of .45.

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