lancaster
(.470 member)
14/03/09 01:06 AM
a dangerous game rifle from Denmark

Once upon a time the small and friendly kingdom of denmark was also an empire. Without elephants and tigers (but there was also a fortress in India then) it have lots of polar bears and walrus on his lands in the north.
I understand that a man-eating tiger is the exception but a dangerous polar bear is the rule. Here is Krag "Grønland“ rifle build in 1950-51 for the Kongelig Grønlandsk Handel,












also the rifle for the legendary danish Sirius patrol from 1950-1955, maybe the last single shoot service rifle in a western army. Build on surplus danish krag actions for the old 11,4x53R Danish service cartridge. Of course the danish rolling block cartridge was obsolete but greenland had have large amounts of this and cheap was beautiful. I remember pics of selous game ranger in 2003 with greener police guns. The danish cartridge have a full metal jacket bullet and nitro load, very similar to the 45/70 gov., cartridge collector’s call them “Greenland cartridge”.
The rifle wasn’t made as a hunting rifle but as a cheap self defence gun against hungry polar bears.
Found it here:

http://www.bisgaardnielsen.dk/product.asp?product=3517
“Enkeltskuds. Nummerens. I meget flot stand. Brugt på Grønland i ca. 1950-51, fremstillet for Kongelig Grønlandsk Handel på basis af gamle Krag systemer for at kunne bruge den ammunition der allerede var på Grønland. Benyttet af Sirius Patruljen fra 1950-1955. Denne type Krag er en af de mest sjældne overhovedet! Med det rigtige "P" serienummer - og "51" (1951) foran kammeret.“



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