Misfit 45 Posted March 24, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 24, 2019 Hi, I have an 1866 Winchester bayonet. The only weapon it fits, is the 1866 Winchester Musket. I collect US bayonets, but am not well versed on some of the firearms they fit. Question: Is the 1866 musket a smooth bore as the name usually implies? Or would this be a "rifled musket", which sounds like an oxymoron. Marv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted March 25, 2019 Share #2 Posted March 25, 2019 The rifle shoots .44 rimfire shells and it was a Rifled barrel - They called it a musket because the barrel and forend of these guns were longer than the standard rifle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misfit 45 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted March 25, 2019 Thanks. I read that it shot the .44 rimfire, so it didn't make sense to me. I read that Winchester preferred the term "1866 Infantry rifle, because they did not want it to be associated with the muzzle loaders of the CW. Thanks again. Marv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 12, 2019 Share #4 Posted April 12, 2019 That configuration of the Model 1866 was indeed called a musket by Winchester. Musket in the Winchester catalog vocabulary referred to a rifle of theirs in military configuration, that is with a long barrel and forestock, sling swivels, carbine buttstock, folding leaf rear sight, and a bayonet lug. Any rifle in the Winchester catalog could be ordered in musket configuration. Consequently, the Model 1873, Model 1876, and so on up to the Model 1895 could be so purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT CHIP SAUNDERS Posted April 18, 2019 Share #5 Posted April 18, 2019 NO . EXPERT . I have read where the 1866 musket was purchased by Louisiana for arming prison guards . A few issues back, Man at Arms printed a very in depth article about the 66's role in the Turkish Army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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