This example is an Army bayonet, as it lacks a Navy ( Flotten) property mark. (67 mm.).Īccording to Per Holmback, 5000 bayonets were made for the army, with another quantity (unsure, perhaps 4000) for the Navy. The m/1855 bayonet's medial locking ring represents a departure from the use of basal locking rings on Swedish socket bayonets. (.61 caliber) Swedish Räfflat Miniégevär (Rifled Minie Gun) m/1855 and m/1856. This example carries the mark of Johan Mellberg, inspection armorer at the Götaland artillery regiment, stationed in Jönköping beginning in 1816.
m/1815–26 bayonets were shortened 1855–56, to go with the Navy muskets, and this example appears to be one of them. The Jaeger musket was shorter than the infantry musket, so required a longer bayonet for defense against mounted cavalry.Īccording to Per Holmback, noted authority on Scandinavian bayonets, in 1854 the Swedish Crown ordered 2000–3000 m/1815–26 muskets provided to the Navy. Jaegers were light infantry, whose role was similar to today's special forces. (695 mm.) overall length, for use by the Infantry Jaegers. This bayonet was originally made as the m/1815–26, with a 27.25 in. (25.4 mm.) wide and has a crude face flute.
(64 mm.) long, with a straight slot and basal locking ring. (.73 caliber) m/1815–26 Jaeger Musket, as used by the Swedish Navy. 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.Socket bayonet for the 18.55 mm. 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. 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 Model 1867 Remington rolling block rifle was the first rifle using metallic cartridges to be adopted by the Swedish and Norwegian armies.
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