I recently acquired an attic queen three band 1862-date noninterchangable Enfield three bander. The stock is a tad beaten up but the metal (the ironwork is national armour bright, by the way) is superb and the bore near perfect.
It boasts a feature I've never noticed on an Enfield rifle-musket. The original cone protector (a tiny inspector's stamp is still discernable on the leather face) has the chain afixed by its split ring to a tiny iron stud let into the front tang of the brass triggerguard. This little stud, with a hole drilled in it to accept the chain's split ring, is what I'm used to seeing on some Enfield carbines with no rear sling swivel to which to affix the cone protector's chain or on two-banders where the rear sling swivel is found in the buttstock's belly. The triggerguard appears in all respects original to the piece and appears undisturbed. Every other three-bander I can recall which has a cone protector has the chain afixed to the rear sling swivel.
Any thoughts?
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