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The Model 1867 Remington rolling block rifle was the first rifle using metallic cartridges to be adopted by the Swedish and Norwegian armies. Nominally it had a caliber of 4 decimal lines, but the actual caliber was 4.1 Swedish decimal lines or 3.88 Norwegian decimal lines (12.17 mm), and it fired a rimfire round with a 12.615 mm (.497 in) lead bullet. The 12.17 mm caliber was chosen because the Swedish army had approximately 30,000 new muzzle-loading Model 1860 and breech-loading Model 1864 rifles in 12.17 mm caliber in stock, rifles that were suitable for conversion to Model 1867 rolling block rifles. With the exception of the first 10,000 rifles and 20,000 actions (for conversions of older rifles), which were made by Remington in the US, all Model 1867 Remington rolling block rifles and carbines were made under license in Sweden and Norway, by Carl Gustafs stads Gevärsfaktori and Husqvarna Vapenfabriks Aktiebolag in Sweden and by Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik in Norway, with the two Swedish manufacturers producing about 80% of the weapons. ==Birth of the M1867== In the 1860s the Swedish and Norwegian armies realized that their standard rifles, both percussion lock breech-loading rifles and muzzle loaders, were rapidly becoming obsolete in the face of the new metal cartridge combining bullet, primer and propellant load. In early October 1866, a joint Swedish-Norwegian arms commission was established in order to select a suitable cartridge and rifle for the two nations. Several different cartridges and rifles were considered by the commission. A partial list includes: *Needle-guns : *A ''Prussian needlegun'' designed in 1866. : *''Larsen'' and ''Steenstrup'' - two different modifications of the standard issue army rifle at the time. : *A ''modified Swedish standard army rifle''. *Non-repeating rifles for metallic cartridges: : *''Peabody'' - American lever-action : *''Remington'' - American, rolling block : *''Larsen'' - two related, but different Norwegian designs. One lever-action, one bolt action *Repeating rifles for metallic cartridges: : *''Spencer'' - American design, removable magazine in the buttstock : *''Henry'' - American design, tubular magazine under the barrel : *''Larsen'' - Norwegian modification of the Henry *Repeating rifles for paper cartridges: : *''Palmcrantz'' - Swedish design (See Helge Palmcrantz) *Percussion rifles: : *''Burnside'' - American design with metallic cartridge : *''Sharps'' - American design using paper cartridges After various tests, including repeated firings, it was clear that the needle guns were not particularly well-suited. These - along with the repeating rifles - were dropped from further testing. Further testing - which included test firing by previously untrained troops - showed that both the Peabody and the Remington was suitable for issuing to the field army. In the end, the commission based their decision on price and complexity. The Remington totalled a mere 25 parts to the Peabody's 37, and it was approved for use by both the Swedish and the Norwegian armed forces, as their standard military rifle, on 22 November 1867. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Remington M1867」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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