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Offline runastav

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Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« on: April 30, 2025, 10:00:43 PM »
Hi all! Here is a BIG BORE Swedish cavalry pistol cal 20mm smooth bore. The soldier have one smoothbore and one rifled . This one they shoot 6 round bals in a load. Think no other have a bigger cavalry pistol nor even America where allthing is big hehe ;)
The pistol needs some TLC from me before testshooting!
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Re: Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2025, 08:06:30 AM »
That is wicked cool, Runar!   8)


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Re: Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2025, 02:03:38 PM »
Hi, and thank you Curtis! Some gluing and wood.
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Re: Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2025, 02:23:23 PM »
Interesting pistol Runar. I don't see a ramrod or thimbles for one. Did they issue a rifled pistol and a smoothbore pistol? Sure, 
it is big but by that time in America we had revolvers, so our Cavalry didn't shoot once and throw them on the ground. No wonder it broke lol.
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Re: Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2025, 06:34:10 PM »
20mm is a true big bore, at .79"(.7874)
The 6 ball load I would suggest was approximately .36"(9mm) balls?
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Re: Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2025, 08:24:19 PM »
alacran, yes they use a loose ramrod hanging on shoulder and there was a rifled and a smoothbore.Wat was Custer thinking, they use Springfield Trapdoors carbines, and the wild use Winchesters???
Daryl, yes 6 RB and dia 8,9mm
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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2025, 08:47:53 PM »
No doubt it was used during social get togethers in the local saloon ;D.The grip section on so many of the antiques would make holding them by the barrel a better idea.
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Re: Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2025, 03:08:20 PM »
Thank you Bob! If you are stupid like me and use a TO BIG brass wire brush in a muzzleloader barrel and it brakes from the cleaning stock in the bottom of breach plug. Ok, you can remove the plug but here is a tips use a pipe litle smaller than the bore and ram it over the brush and bingo it slips it wery fast grip and easy came out hehe ;)
The sear got new nose.
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Re: Swedish M/1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2025, 12:01:37 PM »
Hi all!
The soldier have one smootbore and one rifled pillar pistols. Here are both together ;)The smoothbore made in Sweden, the rifled made in Belgian.
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