Russian soldier's cap and ball pistol model of 1848

Russian soldier's cap and ball pistol model of 1848 has a total length of 40.4 cm (15 inch 9 lines), a barrel length of 24.4 cm (9 inches 6 lines), the caliber of the barrel 18 mm (7,1 lines). The bore is smooth, the weight of the gun 1390 grams (3 lb spools 38). New lock applied to the gun was a direct copy of the castle of the French percussion cap musket of a sample of 1840. The only difference was the use of brass fittings on the Russian model of gun and iron at the French arms.

The pistol model of 1848 consists of boxes, a barrel, percussion cap lock, trigger with the trigger cover, trigger guard. Percussion cap lock mounts in the bed using screws screwed into the threaded hole triangular keyhole masks. Mount the barrel in front of the Lodge is made using brass ring — nadolnik. Trigger guard and the shank of the grip made of brass. The iron sights of the gun are a front sight that was installed at the muzzle end, and Welt rear sight placed at the top of the breech. The gun barrel has a slightly conical shape, the cone (about a quarter the length of the barrel) irregular octagonal shape, the rest of the tube of circular section. The cone top on the right made a rush with a threaded hole to install brandsource. The breech bolt has an elongated shank, with a hole for the mounting screw.

The box has cutouts to accommodate the barrel of the gun, lock, lock and trigger mask, the shank of the breech bolt, recoil pad arm, the locking ring of the barrel. In accordance with postroitelnym tables for the gun, the box must be made from birch wood and painted with black paint. The retaining barrel ring, which is the tip of the forearm, made of brass. The ring is held spring-loaded plate fixed at the bottom of the forearm.

Percussion cap lock pistol model of 1848 consists of a key-Board, mainspring, trigger, trigger axis with the leash, the trigger lever and bridles. Spring "V" shaped, her long shoulder located in the upper part of the key-Board and through the leash acts on the axis of the trigger. The axis of the trigger is fixed in the firing position by the protrusion of the trigger lever. When you press on the trigger the sear releases the trigger axis, which is due to the mainspring strikes the percussion cap, placed on brandsource. The primer will ignite the powder charge in the barrel is shot. The mark on the key-Board, much worn, but the tide of the barrel is easy to read year of release of the product is 1850 and the stamp of the Izhevsk plant, is made in the form of a bow and arrow.

The trigger has a in-depth striking part to prevent the scattering of fragments of the cap and to protect the shooter's eye. Needle trigger video with diamond-shaped notch on the front side. The striking part of the trigger is offset to the left relative to the plane of the locking Board.

Russian soldier's cap and ball pistol model of 1848 made the Tula and Izhevsk arms factories. The weapons produced in various factories, had its own distinctive features that are associated primarily with the peculiarities of marking. Russian soldier's cap and ball pistol model of 1848 one of the few examples of Russian short firearms, drawings of which have survived to the present day.