Add to My Saved Parts. Extraction was also a weak spot in the design, so the cleaning rod was sometimes used to aid extracting a stuck fired case. Four digits (year 1859) beneath the dash-dot-dash line. $49.80. Note that the M1860 Cossack 6-Line rifle (much like the M1870 Berdan Cossack rifle) did not have a trigger guard nor a conventional curved trigger, but rather its trigger consisted of a stubby button, and instead of a hammer with a tall, pointed lever, the hammer had an integral ring. Since Colt no longer had a manufacturing facility, he contracted with Eli Whitney of Whitneyville, Connecticut, to produce these guns. This same pattern of rear sight had also been specified when the Russians placed a large order for percussion altered rifled-muskets from Colt during the Crimean War. In 1839, the Russian military adopted the percussion ignition system and by the early 1840s had undertaken a percussioning program similar to those in the United States and most of the European nations to alter existing stocks of flintlock muskets and rifles to percussion. Has the the typical Birmingham makers proofs on barrel as well as tell tale lock makers marks under lock. Never take a Krnka's word for it regarding any rear sight that it carries! So, Krnkas are, not surprisingly, found with missing rear sight leaves and missing sight leaf thumbscrews. The Dragoon Krnka pictured here has a measured length of 1,225 mm (48.2 inches) with a 792 mm (31.2-inch) barrel. As of September 1, 1912, Bulgarian records indicate that there were 12,925 Krnkas still in inventory. They were first used in defense of, and later in the assault on fortresses. Tags: Use tab to navigate through the menu items. 23 per minute. The Vereinsgewehr Rifle, comissioned and produced in 1857, was a rifled musket designed across three Germanic states: Baden, Hesse and Wrttemberg. Contemporary drawing of the M1867 Russian Baranov rifle. Unlike the Snider and Tabatire, the breech block is not withdrawn to extract the spent case. Personal research and by an expert show that all proof marks are marching. Add to My Saved Parts. WebFrench Model 1857 Percussion Rifle-Musket Made at Liege. WebModel: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. Sylvester Krnka was a prolific inventor and continued to refine the Krnka design later providing the Krnka with an automatic lever device for opening the breech and ejecting the spent cartridge. It might be worth investing in some injected glue stabilization at some point to keep the gun from deteriorating in the future. This rifle is a newly built M1869 Krnka rifle produced at the Izhevsk Arms Plant in 1870 and is not a conversion of an earlier 6-Line muzzle-loading rifle. Rifle, In 1854, the Russians started rifling and sighting existing stocks of M1845 muskets, but this was too little too late and few of the rifled arms reached the troops in the Crimea before the end of the war. This sub-assembly number appears on the bottom of the barrel and on the right side of all of the barrel bands as well. Flintlock / percussion lock (conversion) Rate of fire. In 1880, it was decided to re-equip the Bulgarian army with Berdan No. Because upwards of 600,000 conversions would have needed to have been undertaken, it is entirely possible that every source mentioned might have participated in conversion work. )/69 Krnka Dragoon rifle. Conversions were carried out at What was needed was a much simpler to convert system. In contrast, the Krnka cleaning rod head is specifically flat and not concave. Revised March 17, 1999 For the collector of Russian muzzleloading muskets, this is the final example chronologically for your collection. Technical and financial considerations prevailed and the Commission gave preference to the Krnka system. The rivalries among these countries reached its climax in the Crimean War (1853-1856) where Russia fought an alliance consisting of France, Great Britain Sardinia and Turkey. The rear of the external striker was machined flat so that the modified hammer nose would engage the flat section and keep the breech block from opening at an inopportune time. . The upper sling swivel of the infantry rifle is affixed on the bottom of the center screw-retained barrel band, the lower swivel mounting just ahead of the trigger guard in the manner of French rifles of the day. WebDuring the war, the Hartford factory produced revolvers, as well as the Colt Special Musket, based on the government's Springfield Rifle-Musket. despite being widely fielded, was marginal at best and they were withdrawn for good from Russian service following that conflict. The original Swiss Federal Rifle pattern rear sight, graduated to 1,200 paces remains in place and is fully functional, and what appears to be the original sling swivels are present on the front bow of the triggerguard and the middle barrel band. that represent 652A:89 @C659=K9 02>4, or the Izhevesk Arms Factory, over the manufacturing date of 1863. Nikolas persecuted large segments of his population, suppressed publications, forbade foreign travel and generally tried to eliminate progressive thinking and reverse the westernization of Russia. Unfortunately, revolutionary pressure continued to build and in 1881 Alexander II was killed by a terrorist bomb in the center of St. Petersburg. The Infantry and Marksmans rifles are virtually, The cleaning rods of the underlying rifles were retained by being locked in place at the shoulder in a manner, for example, identical to that of the, Side view of the shoulder-locking 6-Line/Krnka cleaning rod. Fortress gun Ghana arr. Peace and states of emergency. CIVIL WAR ENFIELD STYLE SPANISH CONTRACT MODEL 1857 OR P1857 PERC. Contemporary drawing of the Krnka rifle which also illustrates the Krnka Cartridge's Berdan roots, esp it's Berdan design primer. The soldier's heels are together and his toes point out on a 45 degree angles. " WebModel: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. condition, particularly for a 19th century Russian military long arm. Beuret Frres was another relatively large and prominent Belgian gunmaker in the late 19th century. WebA scarce Russian Model 1857/66 Krnka breechloading conversion rifle Serial no. Like most all of the large caliber, stop-gap rifle conversions of the late 1860s, the Krnkas became obsolete quite quickly. Muzzle velocity when fired from the Marksman & Infantry rifles: Russian 6-Line muzzle-loading rifles were manufactured at all three Imperial weapons factories, It is estimated that some 620,000 or more Krnka conversions of various Russian 6-Line rifles were produced during this period, After the re-equipment of the Russian army with modern, As a side note, Russia also provided Bulgaria with 15,000 captured Snider rifles presumably. Catherine continued westernizing Russia, introduced French culture into Russia and greatly improved education of the Russian nobility. The conversion maintains its original back action lock but the original hammer is replaced with a very simple flat hammer-like striker (resembling a hammer with its head horizontal rather than vertical) to strike the firing pin fitted longitudinally through the breech-block. With the British entry into the war, the Russians soon found out that their conscript infantry was woefully under armed with their large caliber smoothbore percussion and percussion conversion muskets. 1876 Photo Credit: Coincidentally, during the joint development with Hiram Berdan of what would become the. The obverse butt is stamped with two illegible cartouches, the weakest likely the original percussion production cartouche and the slightly more legible one the mark applied after the alteration. The superiority of the new Enfield versus the Russian muskets was immediately obvious. Krnkas system was very simple and is quite similar to both the English Snider and French Tabatire alterations. WebThe M1867 Russian Krnka ( ) was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Austro-Hungarian arms It has a conventional 6-Line rifle brass nose cap but the stock is fixed only with two very thin barrel bands, the upper being only friction held and the lower being spring retained. )/66 Krnka) for conversion of a breechloader. The breech block is marked with the serial number, on the left side and on the interior of the swinging breech door. The left arm is fully extend, the musket rests in the hollow of the shoulder and the butt is slightly forward. See Turkish Peabody-Martini and the link there to the Plevna Defense therein), the decision was made to "upgrade" all Krnkas in Russian service to the long-leaf 1200m rear sight. The bore of the rifle remains in VERY GOOD condition as well. The new design retained the French-style back action lock of the earlier M1845 muskets, which was retained by a single lock screw that passed through the front of the lock, screwing into a rounded triangular escutcheon on the counterpane and by a single spanner screw at the tail of the lock. The 90-degree hammer nose engaged this piece at both the half-cock and the fired position to keep the breech closed, requiring the gun to be placed on full-cock in order to load or unload it. Also, the stock was narrower than other 6-line rifles. These first two were a long, generally issued infantry and marksmans or sharpshooters rifle mounting three screw-retained barrel bands, and possibly a shorter, also three-band, Dragoon rifle. 1876 Photo Credit:http://zonwar.ru/news5/news_986_Rifle_Gana-1876.html, Other M1869 Krnka Short rifles and Carbines. An interesting feature of the Dragoon rifle which, for obvious reasons is not present on the Infantry and Marksman Krnkas, is that because the barrel was shortened from the donor/parent rifle at the breach, not from the muzzle, the newly threaded shortened barrel would not fit into standard Krnka receivers. Failing to make any gains in Europe, during the late 1800s Russia turned toward the east, expanding Russian territory during this period and eventually bringing Russia and Japan into intense competition, and eventual war in 1905. The pre-war .44-cal. MTS-05 4 1854 Percussion Cap Lorenz Rifle $579 MTS-052 18th Century "Officer and a Gentleman" Fusil Musket $599 MTS-042 Double Barrelled Flintlock Shotgun $799 Flintlock Pistols British Army and Royal Navy MTS-017 English Civil War Cavalry Pistol $ 399 MTS-014 Scottish Highland Officer Pistol $ 399 MTS-038 Scottish Highland Other Photos Courtesy ofhttps://collegehillarsenal.com/. Pinterest. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. . (Non-U.S.) Black Powder, Metallic Cartidge, Military Rifles. Blank, school and combat cartridge modifications. THREE BAND RIFLE MUSKET, DATED 1864. The gun had a rifled barrel and weighed 20.5 kg. Web Shop for Falke Model 90 Air Rifle Ads Immediately . The M1867 Russian Krnka ( ) was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Czech arms maker, Sylvester Krnka. Please Note: This site is best viewed on a desktop, laptop or tablet computer. The 141-page book contains detailed, as yet unpublished, information on the individual parts of the rifle, their markings, drawings of all components, a description of the function, including how to adjust and check the rifle for its reliable and safe function. Russian 6-Line muzzle-loading rifles were manufactured at all three Imperial weapons factories, Izhevsk, Tula and Sestroretsk as well as having been produced in Belgium and by the Birmingham Small Arms Company in England, as will be evidenced by each rifle's various markings. This pictured rifle is a M1858 6-Line Infantry rifle, the M1856 6-Line Marksman rifle is identical except for a longer rear sight leaf. Markevits Rutsnoe ognestrelnoe oruzie, armii konca XIV-XVIII vekov. The M1868 Berdan I is not specifically or technically a follow-on rifle as it was developed and adopted concurrently with the M1869 Krnka series conversion rifles. In particular, it was distinguished by a very strong bolt group - a similar design was used in the. Dropping the cleaning rod down the barrel solves the problem, but the head needs to be flat in order to hit the firing pin. Photo Credit: https://naukatehnika.com/russkaya-vintovka-sistemyi-krnka.html, http://www.islin-ovko.ru/e/269-o-kazachey-vintovke-zamolvite-slovo, https://cornet.cc/ru/artikul/123916/russkaia-skorostrelnaia-6-lineinaia-vintovka-obr-1869-g-sist-krnka/, http://zonwar.ru/news5/news_986_Rifle_Gana-1876.html, https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/23768575-russia-sylvestr-krnka-model-1857-single-shot-percussion-musket-15-2mm. Photo Credit: User Nick Stanav viawww.gunboards.com/forums, M1869 Krnka Dragoon lower barrel band. Any help locating such a photo or drawing would be sincerely appreciated. The main overall dimensions of the Russian socket bayonet for all M1869 Krnka rifles are: Top rifle is a M1858/69 Krnka Marksman rifle, Bottom rifle is a M1856/69 Krnka Infantry rifle, below which is the bayonet for both rifles and cartridges. The gun appears complete and remains mechanically functional. Photo Credit: User Nick Stanav viawww.gunboards.com/forums. Add to My Saved Parts. All of which were essentially similar hinged breech alterations that allowed muzzleloading percussion arms to be converted to breechloading metallic cartridge guns. The two rear sight leaves found on Krnkas are are the short (35 mm; 1.4-inch) elevating leaf correctly found on the full-length Krnka M1858/69 Infantry rifle, and the longer 70 mm (2.7 in) leaf found on the Krnka M1856/69 Marksmans rifle. Four systems were considered, those of, Unlike much of Europe (but similarly to the United States) Russia never adopted a repeating black powder cartridge rifle, transitioning directly from the, The Russian conversion to the Krnka breech was a refinement of the M1865/66 Krnka rifle which had just previously been adopted by, Most of the conversion to Krnka work was carried out the Ludwig Nobel St. Petersburg Machine-Building Plant from 1869 into the early 1870s, while some work was done producing, Some authorities have indicated that after 1871 most of the Krnka rifles were converted from 15 mm to the Russian Berdan M1868 caliber, 10.6 x 58 but Hoyem disputes this and it is likely that the references to "converted to 10.6 Berdan" refers to the withdrawal of the Krnkas in favor of the more modern and much more effective, In general, the Krynka system was well developed for its time. See Auction Information for full details." For the time being, however, the stock appears to be solid, despite the cracks. The buttplate of the gun is stamped on the bottom with the serial number 57135, which was the original percussion musket serial number. The Dragoon and Rifles are some 48.5 inches (1,230 mm) long with a 31.1 inch (790mm) long barrel. The most obvious lesson of the American Civil War was that the percussion muzzleloading musket was obsolete and that breechloading metallic cartridge arms were the new standard on the modern battlefield. Since Colt no longer had a manufacturing facility, he contracted with Eli Whitney of Whitneyville, Connecticut, to produce these guns. World Wars - Military (Other than edged weapons), Exceptionally Rare Russian M1856/67 Krnka Rifle, Exceptional National Armory Brown Springfield Model 1822 (1816 Type II) Flintlock Musket, Extremely Scarce and Fine Suhl 1861 Springfield Rifle Musket by Christian Funk, Rare Percussion Sharps Carbine and Rifle Combination Tool. This block contained the simple firing pin, as well as external piece that communicated the impact of the hammer to the pin. WebThe design of the rifle. : ; : , 2005. Indeed, it is rather quite likely that the small numbers of Krnka long arms occasionally seen in Western collections have all come from Bulgaria and the Balkans, as Russia itself rarely sold off its surplus arms, which also accounts for the scarcity of the Berdan I & Berdan II rifles found in the West. It was also clear that a new reduced caliber design was the wave of the future. The right side of the breech block is numbered with the conversion number 9073. WebThe two men designed a massive 4 pound, 9-ounce .44 caliber six-shot revolver, and the government ordered 1,000 of them for issue to mounted troops. A diuym had been established as being equal to an English inch by Peter the Great, thus a liniya was 1/10, and six liniya was 6/10 or .60 caliber. The gun appears complete and remains mechanically functional. The U.S. M1814 rifle was designed by Robert T. Wickham. The Treaty of San Stefano (1878) ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, provided for the formation of a Bulgarian self-governing principality with a zemstvo (locally governed Czarist Russian province) army. In 1866 the Russians began the process on converting these muzzle-loading rifles to breech-loading systems. The steel bullet was encased in a lead sheath to protect the barrel and add energy for penetration. Side view of the shoulder-locking 6-Line/Krnka cleaning rod. The donor rifles original trigger guard mounted sling swivel has been replaced with a simple steel plug. The original cleaning rod/ramrod remains in place, numbered with the matching conversion assembly number. Revised September 26, 1999 This decision, and these sights, would carry over to the conversions of the rifles into M1869 Krnkas, although after the disappointing performance (to be kind) of the Krnkas against the Turks in the 10th Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878. By now metallic cartridges had been much improved and their advantages were clearly evident. WebThis unique rifle is a Russian muzzle loader Model 1857 Six Line Infantry Musket, designed by Czech gunmaker Sylvester Krnka. In particular, it was distinguished by a very strong bolt group - a similar design was used in the Krynka-Gan fortress gun of 20.4 mm. In 1856, the Russians adopted their first rifled long arm of reduced bore for general issue to the infantry, the. These would be the mainstay of the Russian military until the adoption of the Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle. However, just as these conversions were coming online it became painfully evident that they were already obsolete and that what was needed was a rifle firing self-contained metallic cartridges, even if such rifle was also merely an expedient until a dedicated, metallic cartridge breech-loader became available. All of them had a caliber of 6 lines (a line is 1/10th of an inch, a 6-line rifle is thus 15.24 mm), reduced from 7 Lines (.70 calibre), Russia's previous infantry rifle: 1) The M1856 Marksmans Rifle ( 1856 ., sometimes translated to English as strelkovaya vintovka, "sharpshooter's rifle.") For the collector of Russian muzzleloading muskets, this is the final example chronologically for your collection. If the vast stores of M1856 and M1858 rifles were to be converted, they were going to fire metallic cartridges. Predecessor Rifle(s): M1856 and M1858 Six Line Infantry Musket, This pictured rifle is a M1858 6-Line Infantry rifle, the M1856 6-Line Marksman rifle is identical except for a longer rear sight leaf. The buttplate, nose cap and triggerguard were of brass, with all of the other furniture of iron, including the triggerguard plate and its extended finger rest. As parts were sometimes mixed during the reassembly process, it is not uncommon to find mixed Russian arsenal marks on various components that now have matching conversion assembly numbers. . The barrel bands were originally from a M1856 musket whose serial number ended with. (sometimes referred to as the M1859-60, also the "Chernolikhov rifle" ( ) after the Cossack armorer Chernolikhov), had an even shorter overall length of 1240mm with shorter barrel of 845 mm, a weight of 3.48 kg and sights ranged to 1000 steps (711m). My Collecting "philosophy" and the "universe" of what I focus on. The rifles cartridge consisted of a compound sleeve made of brass tape with an inner cup. Two considerations came into play: firstly, by the time of the adoption of the Krnka conversion of Russia's large stores of percussion muzzle loaders, the 4.2 line (10.75mm) Berdan I cartridge had already been proven and adopted, and secondly, Col. Berdan's early metallic cartridge conversion rifles (notably the Spanish Berdan series) had seen success utilizing his .577 Berdan cartridge. The gun is marked with a plethora of pre-revolutionary Cyrillic orthography and markings, as well as a dizzying array of serial and mating numbers. The rear sight was a distinctive feature, as it was a Swiss-style pivoting leaf of the same pattern that had been used on the Lige-made Russian M1843 Luttich Carbines, which were Belgian-made Russian contract copies of the British Brunswick Rifle. The Russians sued for peace in 1856 giving up Bessarabia (part of present day Romania ). WebThe two men designed a massive 4 pound, 9-ounce .44 caliber six-shot revolver, and the government ordered 1,000 of them for issue to mounted troops. NOTE to Collectors: The rear sights of these two rifles are easily and readily interchangeable, and we do not know how to identify these rifles other than by their rear sight leaves! .. WebApr 3, 2020 - Miller Conversion of a Model 1861 Rifle-Musket. Despite the evidence of the potential superiority of metallic cartridges, this was not assured, and the Russians followed the lead of the Germans (Dreyse) and French (Chassepot) and adopted the Terri-Norman and the Carl paper cartridge ignition systems. It is full-length and fully threaded at the end. The new design retained the French-style back action lock of the earlier M1845 muskets, which was retained by a single lock screw that passed through the front of the lock, screwing into a rounded triangular escutcheon on the counterpane and by a single spanner screw at the tail of the lock. Exceptionally Rare Russian M1856/67 Krnka Rifle - College Hill All have back-action locks. Shipping Info Buyer's Premium The rear sight leaves on Krnka rifles are held in place with very easily removed (and thus very easily lost) simple thumbscrews (see pics below). Regarding the first two rifles mentioned above, it should be noted that the Russian Ministry of Defense, being advised by senior army officers, set the sight of the Infantry Rifle not at 1200 steps, but at 600 steps, the so-called "short sight" despite the rifles having identical ballistic performances. The original breech was removed from the barrel and a new bronze breech piece was added with the barrel screwed into it. Figure 87 View of the assembled lock of the Krnka rifle. $169.91. Product #: 1940170. 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