Spartaner545
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Hello guys,
here is the next of my dreyse Jager rifles, the Jägerbüchse M/65.
Barrel length: 76 cm
Overall length: 123 cm
Produced by "Soemmerda F.D." in 1868. All matching serial number 9638 and updated to the beck conversion. 1868 issued to the 2nd Jäger-Bataillon.
She is in OK condition, sadly the stock has been steamed so that all the bumps are gone and so are most of the stamps... there is also a bit of pitting arround some of the markings.
This was the first dreyse rifle i bought and it started my passion both for dreyse rifles and the Jägerbüchse.
With kind regards
Vincent
For those who are interested, a bit of interesting background history: Jägerbüchse M/65.
After the Jäger-Bataillons were not happy with their M/54 Jägerbüchse, trials started again in the early 1860's. A prototyp was ready in 1862 and was given to some units for field trails. The jeager wished the new rifle to feature all the design elements of a propper jaeger rifle and looking at the M/65 we can observe that their wish was granted. Octagonal barrel fixed by pins. Set trigger, decorated brass elements and bayonet mounting lug. Truly a elegant looking rifle! Note all the little details like the Brass inlay at the end of the front sight to make it stand out better in low light environments.
In April 1865 the new Jägerbüchse M/65 and the matching bayonet, the Hirschfänger M/65, was officially issued to replace the JB M/54. Between 1865 and 1868 all Jaeger units were uequipped with the new rifle, ready for the franco-prussian war in 1870/71.
Up until 1870 roughly 25.000 rifles were produced. Diffrent to all other dreyse rifles the Jägerbüchse M/65 was only used by the Jägers. No other unit in the prussian/german fighting force ever carried these rifles.
The Jägerbüchse M/65 was the last prussian/german rifle to feature a set trigger. One can read in some sources that the new Jägerbüche M/71 did not feature such a set trigger because they failed sometimes during the cold winter campaign in france 187/71. I cant really belive that to be honest. Prussian jaeger rifles used the same set trigger mechanism for more then 100 years and they fought several wars in cold winter conditions. If these set triggers would not work properly in the cold the prussians would have stopped using them decades ago.
Since the JB M/65 was still the standart weapon for the jaeger after the franco-prussian war most of them were updated with the beck system. This included chaning the bolt head to make is gastight and updated the rear sight.
I also included pictures of the Hirschfänger M/65 bayonet. Since nearly all of them were reworked into the Hirschfänger 65/71 to fit the Jägerbüchse M/71, origianl Hirschfänger M/65 are way harder to find then the rifle itself.
here is the next of my dreyse Jager rifles, the Jägerbüchse M/65.
Barrel length: 76 cm
Overall length: 123 cm
Produced by "Soemmerda F.D." in 1868. All matching serial number 9638 and updated to the beck conversion. 1868 issued to the 2nd Jäger-Bataillon.
She is in OK condition, sadly the stock has been steamed so that all the bumps are gone and so are most of the stamps... there is also a bit of pitting arround some of the markings.
This was the first dreyse rifle i bought and it started my passion both for dreyse rifles and the Jägerbüchse.
With kind regards
Vincent
For those who are interested, a bit of interesting background history: Jägerbüchse M/65.
After the Jäger-Bataillons were not happy with their M/54 Jägerbüchse, trials started again in the early 1860's. A prototyp was ready in 1862 and was given to some units for field trails. The jeager wished the new rifle to feature all the design elements of a propper jaeger rifle and looking at the M/65 we can observe that their wish was granted. Octagonal barrel fixed by pins. Set trigger, decorated brass elements and bayonet mounting lug. Truly a elegant looking rifle! Note all the little details like the Brass inlay at the end of the front sight to make it stand out better in low light environments.
In April 1865 the new Jägerbüchse M/65 and the matching bayonet, the Hirschfänger M/65, was officially issued to replace the JB M/54. Between 1865 and 1868 all Jaeger units were uequipped with the new rifle, ready for the franco-prussian war in 1870/71.
Up until 1870 roughly 25.000 rifles were produced. Diffrent to all other dreyse rifles the Jägerbüchse M/65 was only used by the Jägers. No other unit in the prussian/german fighting force ever carried these rifles.
The Jägerbüchse M/65 was the last prussian/german rifle to feature a set trigger. One can read in some sources that the new Jägerbüche M/71 did not feature such a set trigger because they failed sometimes during the cold winter campaign in france 187/71. I cant really belive that to be honest. Prussian jaeger rifles used the same set trigger mechanism for more then 100 years and they fought several wars in cold winter conditions. If these set triggers would not work properly in the cold the prussians would have stopped using them decades ago.
Since the JB M/65 was still the standart weapon for the jaeger after the franco-prussian war most of them were updated with the beck system. This included chaning the bolt head to make is gastight and updated the rear sight.
I also included pictures of the Hirschfänger M/65 bayonet. Since nearly all of them were reworked into the Hirschfänger 65/71 to fit the Jägerbüchse M/71, origianl Hirschfänger M/65 are way harder to find then the rifle itself.
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