Rifle combat soldier infantry model 1828

Quite a rare gun in very good collector's condition. The marks on the outer part of the barrel are erased; a number of military acceptance marks are punched under the bed. Flint lock, French battery type. This type of castle was created in 1610 by a French gunsmith from Lisieux (Normandy) Marin Le Bourgeois (1550-1634). It was an order of magnitude more reliable than the wheel, so it spread around the world for the next three centuries, as the main mechanism of hand firearms. To prepare such a lock to fire, the shooter had (charge of the actual weapon, that is, scoring in the barrel powder charge, the bullet and the wad) to put a trigger on the relief of stress; to open the lid of the shelf; if you need to clear seed hole; to put on the shelf a small portion of gunpowder; close the lid; to put a trigger on a fighting platoon. The key Board is stamped with the inscription "TULA 1838" (the stamp of the Tula arms factory and the date of manufacture of the product-1838). The trigger is smooth, reinforced with a single screw. The trigger is steel, C-shaped, smooth. The trigger guard is brass, rounded in shape. The bed is wooden, the forearm is almost the entire length of the trunk. On the left side of the box, opposite the key Board, a steel bracket is installed. The barrel is fixed in the bed with three clips and a screw on the tide in the breech. On the brass parts of the gun, multiple acceptance marks are punched and the product release date is 1838. The back of the butt is brass, smooth, L-shaped. The image of the Russian double-headed eagle and the weapon number 12526 are punched on the back. A steel ramrod is embedded in the forearm. Guarantee of authenticity. Visual inspection of the gun indicates the authenticity of all its parts and good preservation.

The rifle was an upgraded version of the infantry rifle of the 1808 model and differed from its predecessor in the barrel, the design of the lodge and sighting devices. The new Russian infantry rifles, prepared by the inspector of armory factories, General Staden and General Bontan of the Polish service in 1826 and 1828, had barrels 9 cm shorter than the previous samples. In addition, it became more convenient to aim from new guns, since a semblance of a rear sight and a withers with a slot appeared on the breech, and the front sight from the false ring was transferred to the barrel. These innovations testified to the beginning of the process of improving sighting devices. By increasing the bevel of the butt in the new weapon, it was possible to weaken the effect of recoil in the shoulder of the shooter, and the soldiers, who could hardly bear the recoil of the old guns, were most satisfied with the latest innovation. In addition to infantry rifles, in 1828 four new models were approved for cavalry service at once: dragoon, cuirassier, hussar and horse-chasseur rifles. All of them had a smooth barrel and were loaded from the muzzle. Five years later, the cavalrymen received another sample — a carbine of the 1833 model