(To identify a Non-US issued / Black Powder Metallic Cartridge / Military / Rifle). 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. Add to Cart. This rifle, the M1860 Cossack 6-Line rifle, was never converted to the Krnka system. 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. The initials above the dash-dot-dash line are "S.O.Z.". All shorter Krnka rifles are either Bulgarian conversions for special-troop use, or locally altered post-service for civilian use. Web1857 Smith Carbine Breech-Loaded Cavalry Carbine 22 1856 Springfield Model 1855 Muzzle-Loaded, Single-Shot Rifle-Musket 23 1858 Starr Model 1858 / Model 1863 Double-Action 6-Shot Percussion Revolver 24 1850 Stocking Model 1850 (Pepperbox) Six-Shot Compact Pistol 25 1855 Volcanic Arms Model 1855 Pistol-Carbine 26 1850 Washington rifles were six-shot repeaters, while the wartime The blades have a triangular cross section, with a base much larger than the other two faces. 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. Description: CIVIL WAR ENFIELD STYLE SPANISH CONTRACT MODEL 1857 OR P1857 PERC. The Russians sued for peace in 1856 giving up Bessarabia (part of present day Romania ). Krnka, Katalog, Makovskaja L[ila] K[onstantinovna], Moskva: Voennoe Izdatel'stvo, 1990, 1994, Page started March 10, 1999 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. The Krnkas retained their earlier M1856 and M1858 pre-conversion M1856 6-line musket socket bayonets. WebThe new Model 1857 had a 4.62-inch diameter of bore. For the time being, however, the stock appears to be solid, despite the cracks. This number was only the serial number of the breech assembly. The gun appears complete and remains mechanically functional. None of these rifles and variants are fitted with dedicated bayonet lugs, all securing their socket bayonets on the conventional front sight block. In this case, the elite-and light units will have the Mini rifled musket, while normal line infantry will have the model 1757 smoothbore About its production, packaging and combat distribution to units. Buttstock of a Krnka Dragoon rifle compared with that of a M1869 Infantry/marksman rifle. But these are not official Russian conversions nor Russian army issued. . The right side of the breech block is numbered with the conversion number, . The examples that we have been made aware of or have personally handled and examined are clearly originally M1869 Russian army rifles, including hardware and markings. The hammer is drawn back to full cock in order to clear the firing pin, and, with the right index finger, the breech block is sharply rotated to the left 180 degrees about its hinge pin. condition. The Krnka rifles were placed in Bulgarian store for the moment, but not for long. WebThe "a bolt action rifle must be an accurate sniper" stereotype is so stupid, I guarantee that a modern battle rifle is more accurate than a hundred years old bolt action service rifle. Never take a Krnka's word for it regarding any rear sight that it carries! M1860 Cossack 6-Lline rifle Photo Credit:http://www.islin-ovko.ru/e/269-o-kazachey-vintovke-zamolvite-slovo. Most sadly, as the pictured rifle spent too much of its life in Afghanistan, the rear sight is now missing so no information is available on this rifles rear sight as issued. $175.77. The Russians sued for peace in 1856 giving up Bessarabia (part of present day Romania ). Manufacturer: FRENCH. 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! A combination musket-style front sight and bayonet lug was located on the top of the barrel, slightly less than 1 from the muzzle, allowing the mounting of a traditional angular socket bayonet. 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. Add to Cart. . Photo Credit: M1869 Krnka Dragoon lower barrel band. 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. Model: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. Three years later, when Bulgaria entered the First World War, 12,800 stand of Krnkas remained in Bulgarian service and many were issued even then to rear echelon troops. The original breech was removed from the barrel and a new bronze breech piece was added with the barrel screwed into it. The most detailed information, with technical data, about the .60 Krnka cartridge. 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 cartridge weighed 204 g with a propellant weight of 23.4 g seating a bullet weighing 128 g, developing a muzzle velocity of 427 m/s. 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. Please Note: This site is best viewed on a desktop, laptop or tablet computer. 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. It was adopted by the Russian Empire in 1869, and was similar to the contemporary Snider-Enfield and Tabatiere conversions. hollow-base Mini bullet. The photos should do a good job of depicting the condition of the stock. Also, when Krnkas do have a rear sight, it is just as likely to be the rear sight from a different version of Krnka as it is to be such rifle's correct rear sight. Brown Target Sharpshooter / Sniper Rifle 26 1855 Joslyn Rifle Single-Shot Carbine / Rifle Long Arm 27 1863 Lindsay Model 1863 U.S. The original cleaning rod/ramrod remains in place, numbered with the matching conversion assembly number. The lock is marked with initials, that represent 652A:89 @C659=K9 02>4, or the Izhevesk Arms Factory, over the manufacturing date of, . No other Krnka exhibits this feature. WebFrench Model 1857 Percussion Rifle-Musket Made at Liege. 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. Generally speaking, the buttstock bears roundel cartouches on each side, one being dedicated to the original manufacturer of the 6-line cap lock muzzle loader, the other denoting its conversion to a Krnka. 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. WebApr 3, 2020 - Miller Conversion of a Model 1861 Rifle-Musket. THREE BAND RIFLE MUSKET, DATED 1864. We have made every effort to make this site friendly to cellphone users, but it's really designed to be viewed with a larger screen. The stock was of stained birch with a grain pattern similar to Austrian and Prussian beech. This sub-assembly number appears on the bottom of the barrel and on the right side of all of the barrel bands as well. The stock shows several grain cracks, including a pair that run through the bottom of the action diagonally, emanating from the triggerguard area, a diagonal crack along the counterpane and a tight grain crack behind the breech tang. Like the rest of the world, the Russian watched the carnage of the American Civil War with some interest and with an eye towards evaluating the practicality of new small arms designs for future conflicts. We believe that to be unlikely. 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 nickname was derived from the caliber of the gun and the Russian unit of measure, the liniya, which was 1/10 of a diuym. The total weight of the gun, carriage, limber, and implements was 3,865 pounds. In fact, the only example that I could find for sale recently is not in materially better condition but is priced $1,000 higher than this gun! Montenegro: The Russian Krnka conversion was preceded by Montenegro adopting the Krnka system in 1866 (the Montenegrin M1865(? Tags: In February of 1869 it was proposed that the conversions to the Carl system be halted and that conversions to a metallic cartridge be substituted. The U.S. M1814 rifle was designed by Robert T. Wickham. .577 caliber Carried by: Sterling E. Lucas Co. H (Warren Volunteers), 21 Regt. 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. Contemporary gun maintenance instructions. Four distinct examples of Russian 6-Line muzzle-loading rifles entered Russian army service after the Crimean War. 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. All other parts, Over the last decade I have only had the opportunity to offer a handful of 19th century Russian arms for sale and this is one of the more intriguing ones that I have ever had the opportunity to sell. Twenty years later Russia again went to war with the Turks attempting to regain Bessarabia and, although they defeated the Turks (see, The disappointing results of the Crimean War signaled to the Russian command that it needed to hastily began equipping the troops with, In order to fully understand the Russian Krnka adoption and conversions, it helps to understand the models of the Krnka predecessor/parent rifles. By late 1856, a 6-line muzzle-loading rifle was developed, its design based on the predecessor Russian 7-Line percussion smooth-bore gun. It might be worth investing in some injected glue stabilization at some point to keep the gun from deteriorating in the future. These would be the mainstay of the Russian military until the adoption of the Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle. The marking to the left is made of Cyrillic capital letter P followed by double Latin I (Roman numeral 2?). Four distinct examples of Russian 6-Line. Feed system. WebThe 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. WebSouthern states obtained a quantity of M1855 rifle-muskets on their state militia allotments before the war. Conversions were carried out at Despite the adoption of improved technology, the Russian Krnka alterations remained in service for several decades after they were obsolete. It was adopted. The pre-war .44-cal. 4) The M1860 Cossack Rifle ( 1860 .) In 1856, the Russians adopted their first rifled long arm of reduced bore for general issue to the infantry, the. Has the the typical Birmingham makers proofs on barrel as well as tell tale lock makers marks under lock. Shipping Info Buyer's Premium Photo Credit:Guns.ru/forums.html. Three distinct models of Krnkas were converted from existing stores of Russian 6Line Models (the M1856, M1858, and possibly (unconfirmed) a M1859 Dragoon). Fortress gun Ghana arr. The Krnka is an important part in the story of Russian military arms as it provides a stopping point for the collector of Russian flint and percussion arms and a starting point for the collector of Russian cartridge arms. WebDuring the war, the Hartford factory produced revolvers, as well as the Colt Special Musket, based on the government's Springfield Rifle-Musket. The barrel bands were originally from a M1856 musket whose serial number ended with 9286 and the left side of the bands are all stamped with that number, as well as with the bow & arrow logo of the Sestroretsk arsenal where those components and the nose cap were produced. Any help locating such a photo or drawing would be sincerely appreciated. A combination musket-style front sight and bayonet lug was located on the top of the barrel, slightly less than 1 from the muzzle, allowing the mounting of a traditional angular socket bayonet. 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. 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. Extraction leverage is not great enough for ejection thus it is likely that the rifle would need to be tipped either up or over to clear the spent case. The rifles cartridge consisted of a compound sleeve made of brass tape with an inner cup. While the Russians considered the British Boxer cartridge adopted for the Snider, its coiled brass case was much more delicate than the drawn brass of the Berdan cartridge. The steel bullet was encased in a lead sheath to protect the barrel and add energy for penetration. 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. Apr 3, 2020 - Miller Conversion of a Model 1861 Rifle-Musket. Photos Courtesy ofhttps://collegehillarsenal.com/. . Photo Credit: User Nick Stanav viawww.gunboards.com/forums, M1869 Krnka Dragoon lower barrel band. WebThe rifle has a 34 1/8 long barrel rifled with four grooves and measures .702 which is the nomial French standard of the era, .708 caliber. Blank, school and combat cartridge modifications. Extraction was also a weak spot in the design, so the cleaning rod was sometimes used to aid extracting a stuck fired case. Product #: 2033580. 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. Unfortunately, this is the best that I was able to do given the age and wear of the rifle's buttstock. Watch. despite being widely fielded, was marginal at best and they were withdrawn for good from Russian service following that conflict. Double Rifle Twin-Shot Musket Long Gun 28 1854 Our research regarding the conversion and manufacturing of the Krnka system conversion rifles is, well, admittedly confusing. THREE BAND RIFLE MUSKET, DATED 1864. B.E. A rudimentary pivoting extractor was incorporated into the left side of the breech mechanism and was engaged when the breech block was pivoted fully to the left, applying enough pressure to pull the rim of the cartridge out of the chamber; hopefully. However, based on Russian sources we believe it to have been the short-leaf (600m range) sight. 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. Contemporary drawing of the Krnka rifle which also illustrates the Krnka Cartridge's Berdan roots, esp it's Berdan design primer. $169.91. 2 rifles. The Vereinsgewehr Rifle, comissioned and produced in 1857, was a rifled musket designed across three Germanic states: Baden, Hesse and Wrttemberg. 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. This was specifically a result of the disbelief of the authorities in the infantryman's ability to hit targets at a long distance. On the Krnka alterations a combination of assembly mating numbers is typically encountered, both from the original percussion assembly and from the alteration process. 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. These muzzleloaders are authentic, true reproductions. For the collector of Russian muzzleloading muskets, this is the final example chronologically for your collection. The Model 700 bolt-action's accuracy and dependability remain legendary more than 50 years since it was unveiled. By now metallic cartridges had been much improved and their advantages were clearly evident. 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. Unlike the Snider and Tabatire, the breech block is not withdrawn to extract the spent case. The superiority of the new Enfield versus the Russian muskets was immediately obvious. Condition Request Condition Report Overall good condition, heavy pitting to exterior of barrel and metal, handling marks to stock. of the same overall length, same barrel length, same weight and ballistic performance as the M1856, except that it was fitted with a short-leaf rear sight calibrated only for 600 steps (427 m) and intended for "regular" line infantry; 3) The M1859 Dragoon Rifle ( 1859 .) The choice of the Krnka system hinged on it's relative simplicity, low precision needed for manufacture of the conversion parts, potential for die-forging the receiver to near-finished dimensions (making production far cheaper and faster), and the ease of adapting the hammer to the system's striker. In 1845, the Russians adopted a new percussion musket, officially leaving the flintlock system behind. The death of Alexander I in 1825 brought Tsar Nikolas I, one of Russias most reactionary Tsars, to the throne. Photo Credit:https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/23768575-russia-sylvestr-krnka-model-1857-single-shot-percussion-musket-15-2mm, Follow-On Rifle(s): M1868 Russian Berdan I. Evidence of the strength and survivability of the Krnka system can be seen in that, similarly to the fate of the French Tabatire series of rifles, many Krnkas which were removed from service subsequently saw new lives by being converted to civilian smooth-bore shotguns firing black powder shotgun ammunition, and continued in use among commercial hunters even into the middle of the 20th century. The references to the Krnka meanings are below his letter. As noted the M1856/67 Rifle remains in VERY GOOD condition. Yet other sources have suggested that the conversions were carried out both at all three of the three Imperial factories as well as at private enterprises, particularly in Kiev and Libau. 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! Three years later, when Bulgaria entered the First World War, 12,800 stand of Krnkas remained in Bulgarian service. Side view of the shoulder-locking 6-Line/Krnka cleaning rod. The Model 1860 Army revolver was Housed within the breech block is a very small nipple-shaped firing pin actuated by a much larger inertial striker. WebModel: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. In addition to being used by the Russian Empire, the Krnka saw service with the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, primarily as arms provided by Russia to those kingdoms during the Balkan Wars. A variety of small Cyrillic characters, the marks of workmen and inspectors are found throughout the gun. 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