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Sharpshooter musket M/1788

Total length: 1400 mm (1845 mm with  bayonet)

Length of barrel: 1015 mm

Caliber: 17,5 mm (16-gauge)

Weight: 4,85 kg

Number produced: 3000 ?

  

Rear sight on sharpshooter musket M/1788 (also called M/1789). (Foto: Hærmuseets årbok, FMU)

These guns were smoothbore and the main difference from an ordinary musket, was that the sharpshooter musket was fitted with proper sights. Rear sight moves in a brass lined socket. The ramrod had a sharp pointed end that could be used as bayonet. These guns were used by the ski troopers about  ca.1790-1794.

(Source: Hærmuseets årbok 1960).