M1855 Army kammerlader.

Technical information:

Name: M1855 Army kammerlader

Production year: 1855

Serialnumber: 6800

Calibre: 18 lødig, (16,8mm)

Magasin capacity: 0, singelshot

Weight: About 5,5kg

Produced at: Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk

Stockmaterial: Birch

Lockmechanism: Breachloader percussion.

Approved by the army: May 26, 1855

Number produced: Kongsberg arms factory about 4000

This rifle is more or less identical with the M1849/55 except that this rifle was produced this way from the beginning. It was always intended to use the pointed projectile with the new rear sight that came in 1855.