A Krnka may be referred to any variant of a pistol designed by Karel Krnka, a late 19th century designer from

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...

, or the rifle designed by his father Sylvester Krnka for the Russian military.

Rifle

* M1867 Russian Krnka - These were converted from the model 1857 muzzle loading rifles with a bronze receiver and steel lifting block much like the Snider. They were standard issue for Russia (during the Russo-Turkish War), Bulgaria, Serbia, & various balkan nations

Variants

*Model 1895 *Model 1899 *Model 1904 - tested by the Austro-Hungarian Army. Not adopted, but influenced the eventual selection of the

Roth–Steyr M1907 The Roth–Steyr M1907, or, more accurately Roth-Krnka M.7 was a semi-automatic pistol issued to the Austro-Hungarian ''kaiserliche und königliche Armee'' cavalry during World War I. It was the first adoption of a semi-automatic service pistol by ...

semi-automatic pistol.

External links

Obr.1869 Krnka Rifle
19th-century semi-automatic pistols Weapons of Austria-Hungary {{Czechoslovakia-mil-stub