The Berdan rifle (Russian: винтовка Бердана) 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 to 1891, when it was replaced by the Mosin–Nagant rifle.

2022年12月27日 · Russia sent Ethiopia 30,000 Berdan II rifles and 5 million rounds of ammunition. Berdan II rifles were still in Ethiopian service at the start of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in October 1935. Some of these rifles have even appeared on the American market in …

Hiram Berdan (September 6, 1824 – March 31, 1893) was an American engineer, inventor, military officer, marksman, and guiding force behind and commanding colonel of the United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War. He was the inventor of the Berdan rifle, the Berdan centerfire primer and other weapons and ...

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The Berdan rifle (винтовка Бердана/vintovka Berdana in Russian) is a Russian rifle created by famous American firearms expert and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. Standard issue in the Russian army from 1870 to 1891, the Berdan was replaced by the Mosin–Nagant rifle.

1999年2月7日 · The Russian M1868 Berdan I is an elegant and particularly sleek rifle, with the receiver being almost the same diameter as the barrel and with only a very small pear-shaped knob for a lifting bolt head protruding to the right of the lifting breech-breech block and an equally unobtrusive cocking lever, giving the rifle a particularly clean line.

Mostly in 1915 Austro-Hungarian forces on the Eastern front captured quantities of Russian Berdan M1870 (Berdan II) rifles along with the Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles, and also received large numbers taken by the Germans.

2021年5月4日 · Colt would produce 30,000 of these Model 1868 Berdan rifles for export to Russia, with the first example ready in December 1868 and bulk deliveries running from March 1869 until May 1870.

2016年2月10日 · Before adopting the M1891 Mosin-Nagant, the Russian Empire (like most major militaries) used a large-bore single-shot rifle as its standard infantry rifle. In this case, a .42-caliber rifle designed by American General Hiram Berdan …

The M-1870 Berdan II infantry rifle is a single shot manually cycled bolt action rifle. After firing, the user pulls the bolt handle up to unlock and cock the action, then backwards to eject the spent cartridge.