Rifled musket
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A rifled musket, rifle musket, or rifle-musket is a type of firearm made mid-19th century. Originally the term referred only to muskets that had been produced as a smoothbore weapon and later had thei
Springfield Model 1861 rifle musket
Various rifled musket projectiles
M1856 six-line rifle musket
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The M1856 rifle, also known as the six-line rifled musket, is a Russian caplock muzzle-loading rifle that was developed in 1856.
Rifled musket
…a variant rifle based on the British pattern M1837 Brunswick copy. In response to the defeat, the Russian Empire developed its own rifled musket - the M1856 six-line rifled musket. The M1856 was used by the Russian army in several conflicts including the January Uprising, the Russian conquest of Central Asia, and…
Russian soldiers storming fortifications during the Siege of Ghunib. The Russian soldiers are depicted with the M1856 six-line rifle musket. The M1856 can be identified by the caplock mechanism.
Battle of Uzynagash. October, 1860. One of the battles where the M1856 rifle musket was used.
A battle from the January Uprising. The men are depicted with the M1856 rifle musket. It can be identified by the caplock mechanism.