The Berdan II was produced in four variants: an infantry rifle, the lighter and slightly shorter dragoon rifle, a Cossack rifle with a button trigger and no trigger guard, and a cavalry carbine.
* M1870 Russian Berdan II Infantry, Dragoon & Cossack Rifles* M1868 Russian Berdan I* The M-1870 Berdan II Infantry Rifle* Pehotnaja vintovka Berdana No 2* Чертежи винтовки Бердана № 2