Another Liege-built M1856 6-Line rifle converted to Krnka, this example manufactured and marked by Beuret Frres (Beuret Brothers), Liege 186(?). Twenty years later Russia again went to war with the Turks attempting to regain Bessarabia and, although they defeated the Turks (see Turkey / M1866 Winchester and Turkey / M1872 Peabody-Martini ), British and Austrian forces interceded forcing Russia to give up most of its gains. Today, all 19th century Russian military arms are extremely scarce, as two World Wars saw most obsolete arms destroyed in scrap drives to create more modern munitions. Their performance in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (the no less than tenth war between these two powers up to that time!) despite being widely fielded, was marginal at best and they were withdrawn for good from Russian service following that conflict. Florida drew 100 on its 1860 allotment and a Georgia adjutant general report dated Feb. 26, 1861 indicated the state had received 1,225 M1855s. Product #: 2033580. 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. As the Ottoman empire was breaking up, France, Great Britain and Russia all had interests in its territories. 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. The Russian M1856/67 Krnka offered here is in about VERY GOOD condition, particularly for a 19th century Russian military long arm. I. , 1938. Note to Visitors: This rifle, along with the M1869 Russian Albini-Baranov and the M1868 Russian Berdan I were all developed more-or-less concurrently over the same several years, hence this HISTORICAL CONTEXT section as well as the bulk of the DEVELOPMENT section will be substantially identical for all three rifles. Currently, we do not know with certainty the length of the rear sight leaf properly fitted on the M1859/69 Dragoon rifle, as most surviving Dragoon rifles pictured have had their sights removed. Sylvester Available in .58 or .69 calibers and approved by the North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA). WebThe M1867 Russian Krnka ( ) was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Austro-Hungarian arms The Dragoon Krnka pictured here has a measured length of 1,225 mm (48.2 inches) with a 792 mm (31.2-inch) barrel. The donor rifles original trigger guard mounted sling swivel has been replaced with a simple steel plug. What was needed was a much simpler to convert system. Muzzle velocity when fired from the Marksman & Infantry rifles: 305 m/s, 570-grain bullet, 1,075 fps (From ROTW pg 281). Note the octagonal coupling fitted between the barrel and receiver of these correct Russian Dragoon Krnkas. This number was only the serial number of the breech assembly. Thank you. 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. However, there are a relatively significant number of very well executed shortened three-band Krnka short rifles and two-band Krnka carbines out in the world. Despite having a less well developed industrial base than the rest of Europe, Russian small arms development during the 1800s followed the European example of a combination of purchasing arms abroad and manufacturing arms at home. The death of Alexander I in 1825 brought Tsar Nikolas I, one of Russias most reactionary Tsars, to the throne. Note that the Model 1860 6-Line Cossack rifle is another matter as Russian sources state that it was primarily purchased for the Cossacks from German and Belgian factories, although Russian Imperial examples were manufactured, as was the example noted above. Note the octagonal coupling fitted between the barrel and receiver of these correct Russian Dragoon Krnkas. The stock was of stained birch with a grain pattern similar to Austrian and Prussian beech. Fortress gun Ghana arr. 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.") In 1856, the Russians adopted their first rifled long arm of reduced bore for general issue to the infantry, the Model 1856 or Six Line Rifle. Like the earlier Russian M1828 and M1839 flintlock muskets, the new percussion M1845 drew heavily on French influences and bore a strong resemblance to the French M1842 Musket, down to the adoption of the back action lock, foregoing the forward action lock that remained standard in the United States, Great Britain and most of Europe, with the exceptions of France and Belgium. The ramrod of the new Six Line Rifle Musket was swelled with a profile that was similar to the Austrian M1854 Lorenz rifle musket ramrod, with a tulip shaped head that included a torque hole, very much like its Austrian counterpart. The M1855 rifle-musket was the first U.S. regulation arm to use the .58-cal. A variety of small Cyrillic characters, the marks of workmen and inspectors are found throughout the gun. The breech block is marked with the serial number, on the left side and on the interior of the swinging breech door. 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. Manufacturer: FRENCH. Revised May 24, 1999 The disappointing results of the Crimean War signaled to the Russian command that it needed to hastily began equipping the troops withrifledsmall arms. We believe that to be unlikely. However, Alexander II (1855-1881), Nikolas son, reigned principally as a reformer freeing the serfs, providing allotments of land establishing local legislatures and reforming the legal system. Only the above three rifles were converted by the Russians into the Krnka system, and we are not certain regarding the M1859 6-Line rifles The Cossacks went from this muzzle-loader directly to the M1870 Berdan II Cossack rifle. In 1866 the Russians began the process on converting these muzzle-loading rifles to breech-loading systems. However, the new design introduced a very English stock profile with a brass nose cap and clamping barrel bands, all of which were certainly a tip of the Russian ushanka (fur cap) to the English Enfield. Coincidentally, during the joint development with Hiram Berdan of what would become the Russian Berdan I, the Russians were both exposed, to as well as working on, modern metallic cartridges. Markings on a Krnka Converted "6-Line" rifle, M1856/69 & M1856/69 Russian Krnka lockplate markings. By late 1856, a 6-line muzzle-loading rifle was developed, its design based on the predecessor Russian 7-Line percussion smooth-bore gun. The M1867 Russian Krnka ( ) was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Austro Since the rifles were converted from old muzzle-loaders, the markings of the original rifles factories (e.g., Tula, Izhevsk) and serial numbers that do not match each other. 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. 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. WebFor other collectable antique military firearms, take a look at our inventory of antique U.S. martial pistols and Civil War revolvers, foreign military surplus antique handguns, and foreign military antique long guns. I dont know when you will find another complete, matching numbered example for sale again, and for such a reasonable price, so dont miss your chance to add this rare Russian rifle to your collection. While not especially accurate, the fortress rifles were effective at moderately close ranges. As this is an Indian Rebellion-era piece in NRA Antique Very Good condition with its original ramrod, it will bring something of a premium over later P53s that were much more common. Pinterest. In 1857, 100 Colt rifles were purchased and sent to the U.S. troops for field service. Photos Courtesy ofhttps://collegehillarsenal.com/. While collectors often joke about the hard use seen by surviving Confederate long arms by referring to rough condition guns as Confederate Fine , the abuse those guns suffered was nothing compared to the exceptionally poor treatment that a Russian rifle would often receive in the hands of a Czarist-era peasant conscript! Model: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. .. above. Marksman - 200 paces (142 m; 156 yds) to 1,200 paces (855 m; 935 yards). Photos Courtesy of. The heads of various 15.2 Russian Krnka cartridges illustrating their obvious Berdan primer holes and primers. The most detailed information, with technical data, about the .60 Krnka cartridge. The metal shows even pinpricking and light pitting over most of the iron and steel surfaces, and the barrel and bands have a medium pewter gray patina with a thinly oxidized layer of brownish patina over this gray color along with a few patches of scattered oxidized discoloration. With the breech block out of the way, a fresh cartridge is thumb-pressed into the chamber, the breech block is flipped into its closed position (being latched closed via a spring-loaded detent mounted in the right side of the receiver engaging the right front of the breech block, thus latching but not locking it closed). Feed system. condition. Peace and states of emergency. 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. 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. Please Note: This site is best viewed on a desktop, laptop or tablet computer. Contemporary drawing of the Krnka rifle which also illustrates the Krnka Cartridge's Berdan roots, esp it's Berdan design primer. The Russian 6-line rifles (except for the M1860 Cossack) received a new, steeper stock with a wider buttstock, which helped to reduced felt recoil. The superiority of the new Enfield versus the Russian muskets was immediately obvious. This M1858 6-Line rifle originally built in 1864 by the large, Belgium, Liege gunmaker Auguste Francotte & Cie (company), has been converted to a M1858 Krnka.. Photo Credit: https://cornet.cc/ru/artikul/123916/russkaia-skorostrelnaia-6-lineinaia-vintovka-obr-1869-g-sist-krnka/. The photos should do a good job of depicting the condition of the stock. The barrel bands were originally from a M1856 musket whose serial number ended with. These were difficult to manufacture (only 90,000 had been produced by 1869) and of course proved to be obsolete even as they were being adopted. Photo Credit: User Nick Stanav via. This detent system is almost identical to the Tabatire but for its positioning. Revised February 19, 2000 Description: CIVIL WAR ENFIELD STYLE SPANISH CONTRACT MODEL 1857 OR P1857 PERC. rifles were six-shot repeaters, while the wartime 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 Czech arms maker, Krnka, The Bulgarians were gifted by their Russians allies with well more than 100,000 Krnkas following the Russo-Turkish War of 1878-1879. During the Napoleonic wars Russia used the power of its winters to bleed Napoleon white and Russia became the leading player in the coalition between Austria, Prussia, Great Britain and Russia which led to Napoleons final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. 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 sub-assembly number appears on the bottom of the barrel and on the right side of all of the barrel bands as well. WebThis unique rifle is a Russian muzzle loader Model 1857 Six Line Infantry Musket, designed by Czech gunmaker Sylvester Krnka. Initials "T.O.Z." The marking to the left is made of Cyrillic capital letter P followed by double Latin I (Roman numeral 2?). M1856/69 Russian Krnka Marksman rifle ( ) Photo Credit:https://naukatehnika.com/russkaya-vintovka-sistemyi-krnka.html, M1858/69 Russian Krnka Infantry rifle ( )- Photo Courtesy ofadamsguns.com. The barrel was shortened by 15 cm and fired a lighter bullet but still managed to remain the same accuracy while dramatically increasing effective range from 213 meters out to 853 meters. This M1858 6-Line rifle originally built in 1864 by the large, Belgium, Liege gunmaker Auguste Francotte & Cie (company), has been converted to a M1858 Krnka.. Photo Credit: Another Liege-built M1856 6-Line rifle converted to Krnka, this example manufactured and marked by Beuret Frres (Beuret Brothers), Liege 186(?). Exceptionally Rare Russian M1856/67 Krnka Rifle - College Hill WebFrench Model 1857 Percussion Rifle-Musket Made at Liege. WebMusket Rifles Traditions Classic Musket line have high quality premium metal and wood finishes including hand-oiled wood stocks. THREE BAND RIFLE MUSKET, DATED 1864. )/66 Krnka) for conversion of a breechloader. Add to Cart. 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. WebModel: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. It retains strong rifling and shows scattered light pitting and some frosting along its length. Beuret Frres was another relatively large and prominent Belgian gunmaker in the late 19th century. It is full-length and fully threaded at the end. Unlike much of Europe (but similarly to the United States) Russia never adopted a repeating black powder cartridge rifle, transitioning directly from theM1870 Berdan IIto the well designed and long-lived M1891 smokeless powder Mosin-Nagant. WebThe M1867 Russian Krnka ( ) was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Czech arms maker, Unfortunately, this is the best that I was able to do given the age and wear of the rifle's buttstock. Three distinct models of Krnkas were converted from existing stores of Russian 6Line Models (the M1856, M1858, and possibly (unconfirmed) a M1859 Dragoon). With that choice, the term Krnka would forever be associated with cartridge altered Russian muskets, just as Trapdoor and Snider are associated with the arms of the United States and Great Britain during the late 1860s and through the 1870s. The Krnka rifles were placed in Bulgarian store for the moment, but not for long. In 1845, the Russians adopted a new percussion musket, officially leaving the flintlock system behind. 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. They were first used in defense of, and later in the assault on fortresses. Buttstock of a Krnka Dragoon rifle compared with that of a M1869 Infantry/marksman rifle. The buttplate of the gun is stamped on the bottom with the serial number, , which was the original percussion musket serial number. The Russians found themselves in the same quandary as the rest of the major powers, how best to adapt the huge stocks of existing muzzleloading percussion long arms to breechloading cartridge guns. 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. The lock is marked with initials . Photo Credit: User Nick Stanav via. WebWinchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever-action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Product #: 1900440. The gun appears complete and remains mechanically functional. condition as well. In August, 1869, the Krnka Dragoon rifle was approved and these were effectuated by re-converting the Terri-Norman converted rifles to Krnka systems, thus unlike the Carl system rifles, none of the former ever went into service or distribution. The new M1856 Rifle Musket was 53 in overall length with a 37 long, .60 caliber barrel that was rifled with four grooves with a relatively slow rate of twist of about 1:49, or of a turn in the length of the barrel. He was gone, but his rifle still remains, The pre-war .44-cal. Lockplate of a Russian M1856/69 & M1858/69 Krnka Infantry Rifle. 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. Then-Secretary of War Jefferson Davis authorized the adoption These muzzleloaders are authentic, true reproductions. During the Turkish hostilities the infantry regiments of the Russian army were armed with an assortment of rifles, even including muzzle-loading M1854 to M1860 6-Line rifles, but were primarily armed with Krnka rifles. This number was only the serial number of the breech assembly. Photos Credit:www.jjmilitaryantiques.com. Eligible for FREE shipping *. Extraction was also a weak spot in the design, so the cleaning rod was sometimes used to aid extracting a stuck fired case. The rifle is now in firing position. Technical and financial considerations prevailed and the Commission gave preference to the Krnka system. 1876 Photo Credit:http://zonwar.ru/news5/news_986_Rifle_Gana-1876.html, Other M1869 Krnka Short rifles and Carbines. Webmusket; Firearms; Percussion Fire;.72 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa associated date 1858 place made France Measurements overall: 56 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 143.51 cm x 6.985 Round barrel measures approximately 40 , is the standard (French) .69/.70 caliber, The U.S. M1814 rifle was designed by Robert T. Wickham. 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. It was adopted by the Russian Empire in 1869, and was similar to the contemporary Snider-Enfield and Tabatiere conversions. Pulling the trigger releases an otherwise conventionally mounted back-action external hammer striking a nearly longitudinal firing pin, unlike that of its British and French contemporaries. Housed within the breech block is a very small nipple-shaped firing pin actuated by a much larger inertial striker. 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. Model: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. that represent 652A:89 @C659=K9 02>4, or the Izhevesk Arms Factory, over the manufacturing date of 1863. Brown Target Sharpshooter / Sniper Rifle 26 1855 Joslyn Rifle Single-Shot Carbine / Rifle Long Arm 27 1863 Lindsay Model 1863 U.S. WebA scarce Russian Model 1857/66 Krnka breechloading conversion rifle Serial no. As the Russian arms of the period were not fully interchangeable, assembly numbers were stamped throughout the guns. M1856, 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. The total weight of the gun, carriage, limber, and implements was 3,865 pounds. Add to My Saved Parts. However, the new design introduced a very English stock profile with a brass nose cap and clamping barrel bands, all of which were certainly a tip of the Russian ushanka (fur cap) to the English Enfield. M1856/69 Russian Krnka Marksman rifle ( ) Photo Courtesy: The nearly identical M1858 Infantry Rifle, We have been wholly unable to find any photo or drawing of the The M1859 Dragoon Rifle (. 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. These had a range of 1,000 yards (910 m), more than 20 times the range The Russian conversion to the Krnka breech was a refinement of the M1865/66 Krnka rifle which had just previously been adopted by Montenegro. Revised March 17, 1999 If the vast stores of M1856 and M1858 rifles were to be converted, they were going to fire metallic cartridges. The action of the rifle remains in crisp, fully functional condition with all of the various pieces of the mechanism appearing to function correctly. 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