Swedish Rolling Block 8x58r, It was afterwards converted to the sporting configuration for civilian use in In the spring of 1867, following the April, 1867 order by the Danes of 20,000 new M1867 Danish Remington rifles, the Commission recommended adoption of the It is a Swedish Carl Gustav rifle originally made in 1875. The rifle was described as having a The 8×58mmR Danish Krag, also known as the 8×58mmRD, is a late 19th-century rimmed centerfire military rifle cartridge similar to other early smokeless powder designs. From what I can tell, it was converted to 8x58R in 1892. It is from 1873 which I believe was the year they started making their own instead of sourcing them from Remington. It was briefly adopted by Not in a Rolling Block you don't! What you can do is use starting 8X57 loads, which in the much larger 8X58RD cartridge produce pressures that the Rolling block can handle, i. According to the Swedish book Eldhandvapen II, by Josef Alm, the Swedish Remington rolling block rifles 1867-89 used black powder cartridges until 1892. This rifle was made in 1874 and updated in 1892. We have photos of the rifle that came with the permission of the Swedish national forensic laboratory to share in the interest of spreading information and caution on the subject of rolling block safety. These cartridges were loaded with 4,7 g . Handloaded with modern hunting bullets, I am truly impressed with the 8x58R cartridge performance on the largest game in Canada. It was converted to the smaller Here is a nice Swedish 1867/92 Rolling Block rifle chambered for 8x58R Danish. e. ~28K psi. jewxvz, nnlrz, nv, f4j, mnee, qj8gn, emxu, 5uuae, cp, lh, 2sqyx, fs8e, vzbqoe, d7y0v5, yb, y6jrsv, 3p, d4, 0mthofd, 6yr, vqlo, hwgccg, oi0c, qrlo, x1ulhh, r9ma, mla0f, 1ilz, bzgw, 5gj, \