Berdan rifle

In 1879 the plant started production of the famous Berdan rifle with an improved bolt action.

Shortly after its introduction to service, the M1867 was replaced by Berdan rifle, though both weapons would serve simultaneously for a time.

It appears that the Finns retained the Berdan rifles in store until scrapping them started at 1945.

In the same year, he bought his first weapon, a Berdan rifle, with five marks he had earned in the factory.

Many Russian troops had Berdan rifles in the Russo-Japanese war of 1905.

Two different versions of the later single-shot Berdan rifle were adopted as service weapons by Imperial Russia.

It is common to see Berdan rifles in photos of street fighting taken during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

He was the inventor of the Berdan rifle, the Berdan centerfire primer and numerous other weapons and accessories.

Markings on the Berdan rifle usually consist of the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle cypher on the top receiver flat.

About 3,000 Berdan rifles were issued to Finnish troops at the initial stages of the 1939 Winter War because of great lack of modern infantry weapons.

This rifle was used by the Korean Empire Army (especially Guard units-this rifle replaced the Russian Berdan rifle).

Only 215,500 Carl rifles were manufactured in Russia, because a short time later, needle rifles were replaced by rifles with metal cartridges, such as the Berdan rifle.

After failing to adequately modify the Berdan rifle to meet the specified requirements, a "Special Commission for the testing of Magazine Fed Rifles" was formed to test new designs.

British troops captured several Russian-made Berdan rifles at Nagartse Dzong and breechloaders at Chumik Shenko, which heightened their suspicions of Russian involvement.

In the Finnish Civil War of 1918, troops stationed in Finland still had Berdan rifles warehoused and some 2nd line troops continued to employ the Berdan II.

The first problem was the quality of its arms, as the Italian and British colonial authorities were able to sabotage the transportation of 60,000 to 100,000 modern Berdan rifles from Russia into landlocked Ethiopia.

Some of Berdan's inventions included the Berdan rifle (a repeating rifle) and the Berdan center fire primer, a range finder torpedo boat for evading torpedo nets during and after the Civil War.

The battle incidentally caused all the major powers to seriously consider adopting repeating rifles, considering the outnumbered Turks inflicted 4 times as many casualties as the Russians did with their single-shot Krnka and Berdan rifles.

He brought home his first trophy at the age of twelve: a wolf that he shot with a single bullet from his first personal weapon, a large single-barreled Berdan rifle, which he was just barely able to carry behind his back at the time.

Russian troops at Plevna were largely armed with the M1869 Krnka, a single shot lifting breach block conversion of the muzzle loading M1857 rifled musket even though some units had been reequipped with the more modern, but still single shot, Berdan rifle.

The old Krnka was soundly outperformed by the more modern single shot Turkish Peabody-Martini rifles and it became clear that the new Berdan rifle had also been rendered obsolete even as it was being introduced into service, outclassed by the Turkish Winchester repeaters.