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Winning Bid US $319 First bid $250 Quantity 1 # of bids 3 Time left Auction has ended   Started 2025-07-28 00:00:00 Ended 2025-11-21 22:35:25

RARE!! Kongsberg Armory (Norway), M1860 Lund RF conversion, Civilian CF converted, Cal: .565 CF, MFG: 1863, Lund RF conversion 1867-1870s, CF conversion late 1890s-1900s, S/N: 3619, Single shot breech loader, 33 3/4'' barrel.

HISTORY: Starting in 1837, Norway organized a rifle design committee with the goal of designing a more advance service rifle, mainly a breech-loading (chamber-loading) percussion rifle like the Hall rifle over here in the states. This design is the stepping stone from muzzleloaders, & cartridge breech loaders. They are loaded just like a muzzleloader, but the chamber opens allowing for easier loading, & no loading speed difference from a smoothbore or a rifled barrel. They came up with a design in 1842 & hence named it the model 1842 chamber loader. Through the years the design would be tweaked & different models would come out, ultimately it culminated to the Model 1860 chamber loader. Norway would adopt the Remington Rolling block in 1887, However they had large numbers of the M1860 rifle they just designed a few years ago that were just made & they even had a run of 1600 rifles in the middle of production. They chose to convert the M1860 rifles to the new .47 Caliber round the Rolling blocks were chambered in by two methods, the Lund conversion from Chief of Ordnance Col. Alf Lund, & the Landmark Conversion by the Superintendent of the government arms factory Col. Jens Landmark. Both would end being adopted, the Lund by the Army, & the landmark by the Navy. The Lund Conversion was the more modern solution & actually bored a chamber into the barrel, while the Landmark conversion had a new chamber with a hinge in the middle. The Rolling block rifles & the two converted rifles would be used by Norwegian forces even after the M1889 Jarmann rifle was adopted with some accounts of these rifles still being in reserve units clear till 1894. These rifles would be sold off as surplus to Norwegian civilians in the 1890s as house or farm guns & were sold at the time for the equivalent of .37 US cents. The guns were in excellent condition, but the ammo was scarce leading to civilian gunsmiths converting them to center fire as it was far easier to reload than a rim-fire cartridge.

CONDITION: The straight wrist wood stock is good as being cut down, sanded, shaped, & oiled. The belly of the stock has four drilled holes with grain pops around them. two more dilled holes on the bottom of the forend. brass screw inserted into the comb. The metal is proud to the wood around the buttplate, & the upper/lower tangs. stock has usual nicks, dings, & dents from use/age. The right flat of the stock, by the breech latch, has a scuff & dent from the breech opening lever. The metal has toned to a even mix of gun metal gray & brown patina with areas of roughness. Most markings are faded from wear/age. Left side of the receiver is marked ''Model 1860'', ''4''''. The top of the breech is marked with a crown over ''K'' (for Kongsberg). The top of the receiver is marked with a crown over ''K'', two more Norwegian proofs, ''1863'', & the S/N (marked on the front & rear). The S/N is marked on almost every part of the rifle, as well as more proof marks & assembly numbers. The bore is Fair. Its bright but has roughness & pitting. It has been bored smooth. The barrel holds a brass blade front sight & a tall, fixed V-notch rear. The stock carries a brass buttplate with nicks, dings, & some patina. rifle has no sling loops. A rare & unique rifle with not many surviving & making their way over to the states. Antique, No FFL Req - Value: 500 to 1500

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RARE!! Kongsberg Armory (Norway), M1860 Lund RF conversion, Civ... Item # 4467 This auction is over. No new bids can be placed. Price: US $319

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