Berdan Rifle

It should be mentioned also that American General Berdan was an inventor (ca 1870) of a rifle which was not accepted by US Army, but was accepted by the Russian Govt. In its modified and simplified form it was used under the name of Berdanka as a service weapon until about 1891 and then for militia and training purposes (See Vol 2, p B101-R, Ref 44)(Also Ref 31, pp Rus 22 23)... 

Hayes (1938), 572-78 (Propellent primers-percussion, friction, electric, combination and igniting) 578 (Fuze primers) 579-97 (Projectile fuzes) 624-25 (Historical on primers in military rifles) 658-60 (Small arms primers) 660 (Berdan primer)... 

Figure 106. Longitudinal Sections of Military Rifle Ammunition of the First World War. (Courtesy Emile Monnin Chamot.) The cartridge at the bottom, French 9.0-mm. Lebel rifle, the one above it, German 7.9-mm. Mauser, and the one above that, Canadian. 30 caliber, all have anvils of the Berdan type integrally one with the metal of the cartridge case.

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