after the rifle was adopted in 1867, as suggested by a joint norwegian swedish rifle board, it is my impression that the norwegian and swedish remingtons evolved (can i use evolve about guns?) independently of the other. i am by no means an expert on norwegian rifles, i do however have a book from the norwegain army museum, which focuses on the norwegian remington.įirst of all, norway was in union with sweden, but the two coutries had more or less separate armies. If you dont mind, i have a few comments on the norwegian swedish rifle section. MISC NOTES: I received the wonderful two letters from a visitors to the site:įrom: you for a very nice site, that has taken hours of my quality sleep time :) Also see above for additional distinguishing charecteristics. 50 cal) is quite long and the nose of the stock is not capped, but cut off square and flat, being protected by the upper barrel retaining band at the very end of the fore stock. The rifle chambers a 12.17mm cartridge (about. See the link to more photos below for a view of an unaltered Norwegian rifle and other M1867 Rolling block rifles.ĭISTINGUISHING CHARECTERISTICS: The breech block and hammer pins are retained with a retaining screw each. Its sights are graduated in alen rather than meters or yards. This particular rifle is a very early Swedish built one with iron furniture and iron buttplate. PHOTO: The rifle shown is a typical M1867 Norway-Swedish rolling block. The separate locking arrangement for the breech block and hammer pivot pins is a highly distinctive charecteristic of this rifle although models of Norwegian M1867s built on Remington receivers, as well as some of the Norwegian built rifles, are also found with the "button plate" retainer and single, centrally mounted screw found on most typical Remington rolling block rifles. The rifle is long compared to other rolling blocks, measuring over 55 inches overall. The Norwegian rifles typically sport brass buttplates, the early Swedish, iron buttplates. Rrifles were built in Norway (Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk, (Crowned K) Hovedarsenalet (Crowned A), Christiana) and Sweden (Husquvarna Vapenfabrikk ). GENERALLY: The M1867 Norway-Swedish Remington Rolling Block rifle is a fairly standard Remington rifle which was originally chambered for the 12.17mm copper cased rimfire cartridge.
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