Swedish Model 1851 Kammerlader

[krinko]

I posted this at one other forum some time ago---don't know if anyone here has seen it, so, off to the photos...

In the vise with the chamber open---



Open close up. Notice the nipple on the bottom; this is an underhammer rig.---



Closed close up. The crack drawing out behind the axis is the reason I have not fired this one. There is another on the other side, too. The Birch stock has shrunk a bit since 1854 when the musket was made.



The much better known Norwegian Kammerladern have very obvious maker's marks on the bottom of the barrel. Many are of Belgian manufacture and show a nice, easy "Liege"---but not the Swede, oh no, that would be too obvious.



The underhammer lock, dismounted.



Like the Norwegian type, there is no half cock; don't ask me why. There were various hammer block devices used instead and the Swede has three brass pins on the bottom for mounting whatever they used in the Swedish Navy.

I would like to fire this one. I have the proper mould, I have the approximate charge weight but I have neither a cap to fit the nipple, nor the desire to disintegrate the stock. So we're stuck.

-----krinko

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