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Berdan rifle - Wikipedia It was the service rifle of the Imperial Russian Army from 1870 when it replaced the Krnka to 1891, when it was replaced by the Mosin–Nagant rifle The gun was widely used in Russia as a hunting weapon, and sporting variants, including shotguns, were produced until the mid-1930s
Berdan Sharpshooters Berdan was not a military man by nature, and was possible the most difficult Sharpshooter to be taught drill It was Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Mears who taught the Sharpshooters how to drill and to fight, largely against his will Mears left the Sharpshooters to command the 4th U S Regulars
How These Elite Civil War Marksmen Changed the Face of Warfare At the start of the conflict, Hiram Berdan, a 36-year-old New Yorker and nationally known marksman, believed his greatest contribution to the war effort would be the formation of a sharpshooting regiment made up of the best riflemen in the Northern states
Sharps rifle - Smithsonian Institution Hiram Berdan was a successful engineer and inventor before the Civil War With the commencement of the war, Berdan was permitted to organize units of sharpshooters, which would consist of the most accomplished marksman from the Northern states
History - Berdan Sharpshooter For fifteen years before the Civil War, Hiram Berdan was one of this country's leading marksmen When Fort Sumter was fired upon, Berdan developed a plan to form a unique regiment made up of the country's best marksmen
Colonel Hiram Berdan - United States Army The Berdan primer was the first generally successful and widely used primer in the United States It is still used in small arms ammunition over most parts of the world
M1870 Russian Berdan II - MilitaryRifles. com The M1870 Russian Berdan II was the immediate follow-on to the new-built (not a conversion) Berdan I design, which was initially developed by Hirum Berdan but fine-tuned in conjunction with the Russian designer, inspector and envoy Colonel Alexander P Gorlov
The M1870 Berdan Rifle - Henry Krank Invented by American General Hiram Berdan (also the inventor of the Berdan priming system and sundry other military machines) in 1870, his eponymous rifle had a rather unusual production history
1st United States Sharpshooters - Wikipedia Not only was Berdan a military officer in the Civil War and creator of the Sharpshooters regiment, he was also an American mechanical engineer and creative inventor
Berdan’s Sharpshooters at Gettysburg | American Battlefield Trust Berdan’s Sharpshooters at Gettysburg VIDEO | Garry Adelman, Douglas Ullman Jr and Kristopher White of the Civil War Trust are joined by Greg Goodell of the Gettysburg National Military Park to examine an impressive collection of artifacts from the U S Sharpshooters