Berdan rifle
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The Berdan rifle is a single-shot rifle created by American engineer and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. It was the service rifle of the Imperial Russian Army from 1870 when it replaced the Krnka to 18
From top to bottom: infantry, dragoon, and cossack variants
M1867 Russian Krnka
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The M1867 Russian Krnka was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Austro-Hungarian arms maker, Sylvester Krnka.
Berdan rifle
…created by American engineer and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. It was the service rifle of the Imperial Russian Army from 1870 when it replaced the Krnka to 1891, when it was replaced by the Mosin–Nagant rifle. The gun was widely used in Russia as a hunting weapon, and sporting variants, including shotguns…
The design of the rifle
Krnka 6-Line Cartridge
20mm Gana-Krnka rifle conversion in Tula museum
Krnka rifles in a camp during the Russo-Turkish War