[13] In the police role, it was frequently seen with a cut-down barrel to aid in concealment by plainclothes agents. close ups of the front and rear They don't have any 9 Luger or much 5.56, but you can buy a couple of hundred pounds of Nagant ammo if you so desire. Most of the time when I went there, a diminutive old man named Ivan would be shooting from his ancientat least to me at the timecollection of obscure military firearms. The brass is tapered up around the cone of the bullet and extends just past the nose. The design of the revolver is simple and robust. The other benefit of the gas seal is greatly reduced noise levels. GI#: 102153983. - First Nagant revolver Model 1878 in 9.4mm caliber. Oleg Volk is currently a writer for AllOutdoor who has chosen not to write a short bio at this time. 1895 Nagant markings? Mosin Marks Some marks are "known" marks, and some are not known at all. Some surplus loads go up to 109gr and nearly 1300fps, though that may be from improper storage and resulting overpressure. As a fun aside, the SA only Nagants are also specifically mentioned in the Single Action Shooting Societys rule book as legal for Cowboy Action Shooting. The important one to know is a square with a diagonal line through it - denotes an Arsenal rework, which most of the import marked guns were. Lets take a closer look at how that system works. Seven Nagant revolvers were used by communist revolutionaries to execute the Russian imperial family and their servants in July 1918. The Firing Pin and Cylinder The two pictures below Treat it like a single action revolver and all will be well. Interesting refurb anyways. The cartridges performance, however, is helped by the guns operating system. But the results, if done right, are spectacular. With over 2 million revolvers made, the 1895 Nagant revolver is not only a popular surplus item, it's still being picked up on battlefields and crime scenes. In the Russian Federation, it was only retired from use with postal security service in 2003, and from bailiffs security service ( ) in 2009. Reviews of different Mosin Models. [12], The M1895 revolver was used extensively by the Russian Imperial Army and later by the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution. by tjtM38 Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:37 pm, Post My Beretta 81, chambered in 7.65, is an Italian police trade in and it was made in the 1980s. - Cover plate arrangement. Henry Repeating Arms recently presented a $25,000 check a nonprofit organization that provides support and programs for the families and co-workers of firefighters killed in the line of duty. Thats been true of the peacetime 1930s revolvers and also of the rough and ready 1943 samples. Mass-produced revolvers may have a gap as large as 0.25mm. I don't remember if there were any importer markings added but I didn't put any of my own on the revolver. The Swedish and Norwegian Nagants used a different cartridge, the 7.5mm Nagant. New? It did, however, serve Russia and the Soviet Union for 55 years and in four major wars, including the Russian Civil War immediately following World War I and the revolutions of 1917. inside. And dont even get us started on the Nagants cartridge, 7.62x38R. It was obsolete by the time war broke out in 1914, but the Russian Army was still the least advanced in Europe and needed upgrades more pressing than a new service pistol. There is also a mark that looks like a trident w/o the shaft. There are also a number of videos of people shooting the Nagant suppressed. Introduced in 1895, the Nagant was deployed throughout the Russian Army in time for the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, a bloody affair that foreshadowed the trench warfare of World War I. VT.". by tjtM38 Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:25 am, Post The Nagant M1895, or plain old Nagant Revolver, has long served the Russian military and is among the most unique handguns from behind the former Iron Curtain. To go to a specific part of the weapon simply click on the desired section They were corrosive and only moderately consistent. The Nagant M1895 was still carried by many Soviet officers when World War II broke out in 1939, despite the development of the Tokarev TT-30 and TT-33 semiautomatic pistols. ", Mosin Videos, and "How to's" (Sub-Forum). Its a cool little gun that is surprisingly pleasant to shoot. - Claims of the Belgian Nagant patent #42907 of 1877. Thank you! of the M-1895 Pistol. This ammunition is interchangeable with the 7.5mm 1882 Ordnance (aka Swiss 7.5mm revolver).[25][26]. Stalin famously brutalized his people, including his crippling purges of the Red Army officer corps in the 1930s. The mosin nagant for sale is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle. This eliminates the cylinder gap. SOVIET RUSSIAN NAGANT Model 1895 TULA Arsenal Revolver WWII Pre-World War 2 USSR Sidearm, Swedish Husqvarna 1887 Nagant Revolver - 7.5x22 Military - Alll Matching - Gunsmith Special, RUSSIAN WW II Soviet NAGANT Model 1895 TULA Arsenal Revolver EASTERN FRONT WORLD WAR II Nagant Revolver Made in 1941, RUSSIAN WWII Soviet NAGANT Model 1895 TULA Arsenal Revolver EASTERN FRONT INTERWAR ERA Nagant Revolver Made in 1931 w/HOLSTER, RUSSIAN NAGANT - MODEL 1895 -***EXTRAS***, Brevet Nagant M/1893 Norwegian 7.5MM made Liege Belgium, RARE RUSSIAN NAGANT REVOLVER NON IMPORT RSFSR 1921. weapon for the rear site, while at the bottom right you can see a close That was an innovative feature in 1870, but by the early 1900s was hopelessly obsolete. If In 2013 the weapon was again prohibited. Heck, I wont even own a .380. At the time the revolver was designed, this system was obsolete. The common version available in the US today is a 7-shot, double action revolver chambered for 7.62x38mm. Below is the grove cut into the top of the That eliminated the cylinder gap flash (incidentally allowing effective sound suppression) for slightly higher velocity and increased shooter comfort. of greatest importance are easily identified on the left side. Many thousands were sold in the past twenty years and still sit in gun cabinets as amusing plinkers. The mark on the loading looks like a hammer. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. extent. The projectile is seated below the mouth of the cartridge, with the cartridge crimp sitting just above the bullet. Shooting any ammunition other than the 7.62x38mmR cartridge with the original cylinder can cause bodily injury from bullet shrapnel or escaping gas, and the excessive pressures produced by some .32 ammunition could also cause catastrophic failure of the cylinder or frame. Youll have to get the barrel threaded. The ability to fire suppressed attracts people who are interested in NFA items. SOVIET RUSSIAN NAGANT Model 1895 TULA Arsenal Revolver WWII Pre-World War 2 USSR Sidearm Here we present a C&R Soviet Russian Nagant Model 1895 Revolver made at the Tula Arsenal i, Here is a Swedish Husqvarna Model 1887 Nagant revolver chambered in 7.5x22 Swedish. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. The M1895 Nagant revolver can be found on the used market in the $400-$600 range. But in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, chamberings such as 6.5mm and 7.65 mm (.32 ACP) were very common in Europe. Thanks for any knowledge on the markings.. The empty space in the brass neck of the cartridge protrudes into the forcing cone, completing the gas seal. // . Back to the durability the features like mainspring made out of tractor leaf springs, the simple loading gate, and the generally rough nature of the gun made them incredibly long-lasting. I guess they had to move it to keep it away from the nazis. The Nagant was produced throughout the war at the Tula Arsenal, with the last one being built in 1950. It also improved accuracy by self-centering the bullets relative to the barrel. On the upper right you can see what it looks like when almost completely disassembled. The hammer hitting the firing pin is louder than the shot. The original military loads used approximately 100gr bullets at about 1100fps. 2 Manufacturer's markings: "Tula Imperial Arms Factory, [made in] 1899". Come join the discussion about the history, technology and extraordinary background associated with these design masterpieces. It was inspected by Lt. Nandrup, REDUCED!!! I just wanted to add that there has never been a better time to buy military surplus ammo for the 7.62x38r. Its design would inspire the Pieper M1893 carbine[5] and Steyr 1893 revolver. The bullet is deeply seated, entirely within the cartridge case, and the case is slightly reduced in diameter at its mouth. by tjtM38 Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:50 pm, Post Adolf Hitler stabbed Stalin in the back in June 1941, giving the Soviets a lot more to worry about than what sidearm their officers carried. "This year will go down in history. Tula Arsenal produced this particular example in 1941. Not exactly consistent, but I looked at several tests, and with military ammo, the Nagant outperformed the .32 ACP and was comparable to the .380 ACP. This way, early Nagant users would avoid dealing with gases of black powder. Can they be more than historic curiosities? contributors. However, the Nagant design did have the advantage of requiring less machining than more modern designs. The Tula mark is no problem but there are several others that I can not Identify. The common Russian name for the revolver, ( nagan) became synonymous with the concept of the revolver in general and was applied to such weapons regardless of actual make or model. As one former Imperial Russian officer stated, "if anything went wrong with the M1895, you could fix it with a hammer"[citation needed], It was widely employed by the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka, as well as its Soviet successor agencies, the OGPU and NKVD. by etprescottazusa91 Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:58 pm, Return to Military and Modern Hand Guns Forum, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. They still used crimped brass and undersized bullets, but they are the best commercial cartridges Ive run across. [7], Production began in Lige, Belgium; however Russia purchased the manufacturing rights in 1898, and moved production to the Tula Arsenal in Russia, and was soon producing 20,000 examples per year.[7]. The weapon has been considered to be "antique" in Belgium so it became legal to be in possession of the weapon. Also, unlike its contemporaries from Colt, Smith & Wesson, and Webley, the Nagants cylinder featured a loading gate and ejector rod, like a Colt Single Action Army. The quaint feature was the single leading through a gate combined with sequential extraction of spent casings. This feature also eliminates the possibility of injury from gases escaping through the gap, which can injure a finger if the user holds the gun with a finger positioned beside the gap.[10]. It was still produced and used in great numbers during World War II and 115 Grain vs. 124 Grain 9mm Ammo: Whats the Difference? Younger Millennials remember $79 Mosin-Nagant rifles; and we all bought a CZ-52 because it was like 150 bucks. I'll have to go with the last part of your statement since it isn't Hungarian! And of course, anyone who collects Russian militaria needs one. 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Sportsters and all Hunting Rifles Forum, For Sale, For Trade, or Want to Buy - Market Place, OT.Your "Other" Hobbies and Collections. Comes with holster ,belt and Russian red star and patch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic, . All hand guns welcome and discussed here. Here we have several pictures of the M-1895 Nagant. Either way, when the cylinder moves forward as the hammer pulls back, the cartridge case enters the barrel, completing the seal. The Nagant M1895served well through four bloody wars and deserves a place in your collection. Content. While slower in use than swing-out models, the M.1895 is far, far more accurate than any of the inexpensive competitors in the more modern .32 calibers. Part of the guns reputation for weakness comes from the poor quality, low powered ammo that was made for target shooting. Belgian patent relating to the Nagant 1878 revolver. Some marks When the Russians adopted the Nagant revolver, the other major powers service revolvers were chambered in 45 Colt (USA) and 455 Webley (Great Britain). The BRAMIT device was designed and patented in 1929, but was not built and tested by the military until 1931. The 1895 Nagant revolver is well known in the US as cheap surplus gun (available for a time for under $100) with questionable ammunition availability. The Russians chose a .30 caliber 97 grain bullet doing about 1000 feet per second, which is cool when its called 32 H&R Magnum and comes in a gun with a good trigger pull, but when its made by Communistsisnt as cool. Buy 1914 Nagant 7.62x38mmR "DESIRABLE WWII RUSSIAN REVOLVER" C&R Penny Start: GunBroker is the largest seller of Revolvers Pistols Guns & Firearms All: 973592421 . Below are two such markings Here is a Swedish Husqvarna Model 1887 Nagant revolver chambered in 7.5x22 Swedish. Darryl Boyd 2011-2018. More on it: I'm betting the circular stamp - but what do I know?! Left side view of Model 1895 Nagant Revolver. Fortunately, it turned out that the ejector rod was seldom necessary; Nagant chambers stay cleaner than those of any other revolver, and spent empties usually just fall out on their own as the cylinder turns. I will upload a couple more, but would appreciate any input- thanks. With over 2 million revolvers made, the 1895 Nagant revolver is not only a popular surplus item, its still being picked up on battlefields and crime scenes. Production of the single-action model seems to have stopped after 1918, with some exceptions, including examples made for target competition. If you want to subscribe to our monthly newsletter, please submit the form below. of the Soviet era. [6], Lon Nagant and his brother mile were well known in the Russian Tsar's court and military administration because of the part they had played in the design of the Russian service rifle, the MosinNagant Model 1891. Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska, Standard inspector and rebuild stamps, nice looking gun. In 1898 space had been freed up to start production at the Tula arsenal, where they would be made until 1945 (Ishevsk put the Nagant revolver into production as well during WWII). The cartridge, also unique, plays an important part in sealing the gun to prevent the escape of propellant gases. the picture on the bottom right shows the left side of the pistol. But rather, its there to improve accuracy and decrease fouling. It has a barrel length of 4 inches, and has four-groove rifling with a right hand twist. Two thumbs up! The gun has no makers markings but has Belgian proofs on the cylinder. This allows the reloaders to work up a load that fits their needs and is specific for the Nagant. I'm hoping someone here will be able to point me in the right direction to learn and identify the markings on this very solid 1944 model. [4] In fact, a 38mm long shell covers the whole bullet for this very purpose as well. The 3-line rifle M1891 is popularly known in the West as the Mosin Nagant and in Russia as the Mosin nagant rifle. And remember the Nagant was introduced in 1895, so proper context is important. $1475 This is one of the rarest variations of a Russian Nagant revolver encountered - a 1921 dated RSFSR marked all original non-import gun. This system all but eliminates the cylinder gap of other revolvers. The Nagant model 1895 revolver is a seven shot, gas-seal revolver designed by Leon Nagant for the Russian Tsar. The square without a line through it indicates an early rebuild, probably before WW2. And yet the 1895 Nagant remains popular for reasons other than its historic cachet. The pressure at the cylinder to barrel gap is much higher than at the muzzle, so revolvers are louder than semi-auto pistols using the same cartridge. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future! Contrary to internet lore, this largely pointless feature wasnt put on the Nagant to allow it to be suppressed. I'm hoping someone here will be able to point me in the right direction to learn and identify the markings on this very solid 1944 model. It has a . Expensive revolvers such as Korth and Manurhin are hand-fitted, keeping the gap to a minimum. Appreciate it. Decades of experience with handguns and holsters have given the author some excellent insights into the most popular designs. The Russians produced it in two models: a DA/SA model for officers and NCOs and a single action only version for low-ranking enlisted personnel. are production codes that I have no way of understanding, but the markings by jaytex1969 Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:24 pm, Post But the 7.62x38R isnt as bad as many claim. How do I determine which factory made it, and is each part inspected by a different person? That's about 23 cents a round. Historically, double action was an afterthought in this design, added only to the officers model. A couple of the marks look like an E on it's back with another E (on it's back) stamped over the top. Therefore, all the energy and gas are focused forward through the barrel and out the muzzle. The above mentioned factory emblems were used on rifles and carbines in the 1930's and 1940's, they were adopted in 1928 when both factories changed their emblems, compared with their earlier ones. The bottom left shows that the pistol was made in The Nagant's sealed firing system meant that the Nagant revolver, unlike most other revolvers, could make effective use of a sound suppressor, and suppressors were sometimes fitted to it.[14]. On the other hand,. This gun has a good finish looks lightly used for its age. After all, the Nagant isnt sexy like the German Lugers and P38s. . This wasnt a feature that any other service revolvers at the time sported. JavaScript is disabled. Prices have increased since I owned one, with shooter-grade samples running around $250. Fortunately, the combination of gas seal design providing self-centering as an incidental benefit and the consistency of newly manufactured ammunition combine to provide excellent practical accuracy. The Nagant M1895 was made in both single-action and double-action models before and during World War I; they are known colloquially as the Private's model and the Officers model, respectively. While even the single action trigger is heavier than usual for the US revolvers, its crisp and provides a margin of safety for shooting with gloved hands. remained in use with the Russian Railways, postal service,[9] and some remote police forces for many years. The M1895 Nagant revolver was designed in the 1890s by Leon Nagant: that's the same Nagant name in the Westernized term "Mosin-Nagant," as he was the inventor of the M91 rifle's interrupter (and other small features). The original Nagants were single action only, but later an officer's model was produced that was double action. The Nagant revolver does away with that gap. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. Also most of them been lost forever during WWII with verylow survivor ratio. The gap also is a path for the escape of high pressure hot gases. From what I've been able to dig up, the skinny-hammer in star arsenal stamp is from the relocated Tula factory. Dont be turned off by the weird looking grip. Its a great gun and s, RUSSIAN WW II Soviet NAGANT Model 1895 TULA Arsenal Revolver EASTERN FRONT WORLD WAR II Nagant Revolver Made in 1941 Here we present a Soviet Russian Nagant Model 1895 Revolver made at the Tula, RUSSIAN WWII Soviet NAGANT Model 1895 TULA Arsenal Revolver EASTERN FRONT INTERWAR ERA Nagant Revolver Made in 1931 w/HOLSTER Here we present a C&R Soviet Russian Nagant Model 1895 Re, Nagant Model 1895 manufactured in the Russian Tula Factory in 1939 in like new condition and I don't think it has ever had a shell in the cylinder or fired, from the looks of it. 4 The 1895 Nagant revolver is a seven shot revolver that was available in a double action model for officers and single action model but after 1918 only the DA model was available. any claims resulting from loss as a result of the accuracy or As a fun aside, the SA only Nagants are also specifically mentioned in the Single Action Shooting Societys rule book as legal for Cowboy Action Shooting. Today in the West, the Nagant revolver is a collectors curiosity item. The Russian military needed several years to recover from its defeat in the Far East and the Nagant stayed in service. clean and care for it now that it is in our possession. It was soon after manufactured under license in Russia and is perhaps . by ffuries Tue Jun 16, 2020 3:59 am. In one test, with surplus ammo testing in the 950 FPS range, the bullet went through four layers of denim and produced a 20-inch penetration of ten percent ballistic gel at a range of about three yards. Also, It is one of the most mass-produced military bolt-action rifles in history. It's chambered in 7.62x38R. , , , 8, 2010. .48-49, 1060 28 1996 " ", 1584 30 1998 " , , , ", 248 24 2000 , , 2 611 4 2006 , , , , , 13 1895 // "-", 5 (122), 2007. .92, bailiffs security service ( ), People's Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, "Przemys zbrojeniowy w Polsce w latach 1918-1939", "How to adjust the trigger pull of the 1895 Nagant revolver - Surplus Rifle Forum - www.surplusrifleforum.com", "Hoe een antieke revolver in handen kwam van criminelen en terroristen", "The Belgian 1910 Swingout Cylinder Revolver", " "-7" 5.4518", "Russian M1895 Nagant Carbine Chambered in 5.45x18mm", "Czechoslovak Weapons of World War II: part 1: Czechoslovakia was well-armed and fortified before World War II, but appeasers in Britain and France pulled the rug out, making "Munich" a synonym for betrayal. Nor does it have the iconic lineage of the Colt 1911 or Browning Hi Power. 7.62mm Nagant is also known as 7.6238mmR (Rimmed) or "Cartridge, Type R". While this eliminates the bulged/split/stuck cases experienced when using .32 S&W and .32 H&R, the gas seal that made the Nagant famous will still not fully function as the .32-20 is not long enough to protrude past the cylinder like the original Nagant ammunition. In British service the Webley Revolver uses a top-break cylinder and star extractor to simultaneously eject all spent cartridges and in American service the Smith & Wesson Model 10 uses a swing-out cylinder and star extractor to simultaneously eject all spent cartridges; therefore replacing older single-action revolvers with a side-loading gate and ejector rod to remove spent cartridges individually in succession. There was also a BRAMIT device for mounting on the M91 Mosin-Nagant rifle that used special subsonic ammunition. It has a 100% stop rate when applied directly to the back of a dissidents skull. I was in a pawn shop in Casa grande Arizona last week and the asking price was $499.00 for the 1895 Nagant revolver in the display case, after asking for the tag to be turned around so I could read it "no I don't need to see it was my reply" mine has been sitting in static display on a shelf next to several Mosin Nagant rifles for about 15 years, as mentioned in another post the collector lust has faded on some of this stuff. by SA1911a1 Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:26 am, Post Izhevsk in 1944, while the one on the bottom right was made in Tula in 1941. Slower target ammunition with the same bullet weight as the original increases drop, so the sights are regulated closer to 15 yards with it. Glock Updates Glock 21 to Gen5 MOS Pistol, American Tactical Introduces Black Creek Labs Rifles. Suppressed M1895 Nagant revolvers, modified in clandestine workshops, also turned up in the hands of Viet Cong guerrillas during the Vietnam War as assassination weapons. This technique is supposedly easier and less expensive than the tapering of the military rounds but comes at the price of a less efficient seal and reduced accuracy. Well all probably be using magnetic pulse rifles and some shepherd in the Kyber Pass will still be packing his great-great-great-grandfathers Nagant revolver. https://www.sgammo.com/product/762x38r- y-surplus-. On the left side under the Tula marks is what looks like a square with a upside down cross inside; on left side of trigger looks like a circle with a triangle inside; left side in front of the factory SN is a C. The pistol is important marked with CDI and importers SN. Honestly, I have never seen a handgun with so many markings, and, aside from the date on the side plate, can't even guess . Target loads ranged from 700fps to about 650fps. 8440 Ulmerton Rd Suite 500, Largo, Florida 33771. 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