From what I've been able to dig up, the skinny-hammer in star arsenal stamp is from the relocated Tula factory. The M1895 Nagant revolver can be found on the used market in the $400-$600 range. However, when you take away the Nagants party trick, what youre left with is a rather shoddy revolver. 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. 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. Seller: Collectors Firearms . 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. The MO marking is subject to much speculation, but in the end nobody has documented proof of what it means. Here, he explains their advantages and disadvantagesand how to use them safely. 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. 1940 manufacture, c1932 mfr. The bullet must "jump" this gap when fired, which can have an adverse effect on accuracy, especially if the barrel and chamber are misaligned. By sealing the gap, the velocity of the bullet is increased by 15 to 45 m/s (50 to 150 ft/s.) The brass is tapered up around the cone of the bullet and extends just past the nose. My Beretta 81 is a fun gun that lives in a backpack. It has a barrel length of 4 inches, and has four-groove rifling with a right hand twist. stamp and what does it mean? by tjtM38 Sun Aug 09, 2020 3:01 pm, Post 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. 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. They still used crimped brass and undersized bullets, but they are the best commercial cartridges Ive run across. But the trigger iswell its just the worst trigger ever. = = Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, i.e. Its more comfortable than you think. Nor does it have the iconic lineage of the Colt 1911 or Browning Hi Power. Thats just a rough estimate, because during WW2 the Soviet Union was cranking Nagants out by the bushel. 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 Nagant model 1895 revolver is a seven shot, gas-seal revolver designed by Leon Nagant for the Russian Tsar. Often, this is because said shooters is young and broke, and milsurp guns are cheap. After all, the Nagant isnt sexy like the German Lugers and P38s. Shorter 32ACP cases do not provide gas seal but do provide very considerable freebore in the long cylinders, both ruining accuracy. The projectile is seated below the mouth of the cartridge, with the cartridge crimp sitting just above the bullet. Two thumbs up! Sure, the Nagant had 7 shots. In Russian service, it was known for its extreme sturdiness and ability to withstand abuse. But the 7.62x38R isnt as bad as many claim. Seven available shots are followed by a slow reload. Today in the West, the Nagant revolver is a collectors curiosity item. At the time the revolver was designed, this system was obsolete. Take a look! The real legacy of the M1895 Nagant is its impressive durability. The gun has double action capability, but thanks to way the action works, the DA trigger is truly atrocious. 1895 Nagant markings? I just wanted to add that there has never been a better time to buy military surplus ammo for the 7.62x38r. by Longcolt44 Tue Jun 16, 2020 6:33 pm, Post Below are two such markings Maybe we should all work on firing the 1895 with our middle fingers. - Dismountable ratchet. Competitive Shooting Sports: Everything You Need To Know, Top US Gun Manufacturers: Who They Are by State, Part 2, The Many 9mm Rounds From Around the Globe, The Firearm Owners Protection Act and What It Meant for Machine Guns. There are no markings on the pistol at all, though the base of the shell casings is engraved with "Gletcher" and the box mentions Toubo Co. Ltd, (a Taiwanese airsoft distributor). 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. As early as 1933 the M1895 had started to be replaced by the Tokarev semi-automatic pistol but was never fully replaced until the Makarov pistol in 1952. Despite the cool operating system, the Nagants performance relies on quality ammunition. 8440 Ulmerton Rd Suite 500, Largo, Florida 33771. In retrospect, it actually made a lot of sense. 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. described. Aftermarket cylinders for .32 can be installed, allowing the Nagant to safely fire .32 H&R Magnum or .32 ACP[citation needed]. German: German Mfg. The gap also is a path for the escape of high pressure hot gases. But rather, its there to improve accuracy and decrease fouling. When fired, the crimp expands into the forcing cone, completing the gas seal and ostensibly increasing muzzle velocity by approximately 75ft/s. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. M1985 Nagant Revolver 7.62x38r. Shockingly, they werent exactly good at record keeping. For a long time, the only available non-corrosive load was Fiocchi at about $30 per 50 rounds. Pistols and Holsters. Now, Im not saying that the 7.65 and the 7.62x38R are viable military, police, or defensive cartridges in 2022. the picture on the bottom right shows the left side of the pistol. Oleg Volk is currently a writer for AllOutdoor who has chosen not to write a short bio at this time. Can they be more than historic curiosities? Stalin famously brutalized his people, including his crippling purges of the Red Army officer corps in the 1930s. How do I determine which factory made it, and is each part inspected by a different person? There were British proof marks because they got it first and there were Austrian markings, because they got it next. At the time of its introduction into the Russian army service in the 1890s, the Belgian-designed Nagant revolver was at once a technological break-through and a quaint reminder of the old thinking. 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. 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. I don't think there are a whole lot of 1915 Tula Nagants out there. Some marks However, the Nagant design did have the advantage of requiring less machining than more modern designs. Not an answer to your question but I once owned a Smith & Wesson M&P in .38/200 that was literally covered in stampings. You have to use the loading gate and load the cartridges one at a time. OutdoorHub // TheFirearmBlog // AllOutdoor // ActionHub // AgDaily, AllOutdoor All Rights Reserved Carbon Media Group Outdoors. Proper fitting ammunition can be reloaded from .32-20 Winchester brass by using the Lee Nagant die set or .30" carbine dies and 9mm Luger shell-holders in the reloading press. 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. Also most of them been lost forever during WWII with verylow survivor ratio. [8] It continued to be used after the Russian Revolution by the Red Army and Soviet security forces. The Nagant M1895served well through four bloody wars and deserves a place in your collection. This Mossberg 26B bolt-action rifle in .22 caliber belonged to my dad, Robert Elmo Babington. VT.". 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. This is a really neat complete setup with lanyard and holster. The 1915 date makes sense but not sure what this 1928 mark is? - Trigger guard used a mounting tool for the springs. If you want to suppress it, youll have to do some work. I don't remember if there were any importer markings added but I didn't put any of my own on the revolver. [4] In fact, a 38mm long shell covers the whole bullet for this very purpose as well. All Rights Reserved. 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. The barrel features a short conical section at its rear; this accepts the mouth of the cartridge, completing the gas seal. I will be the first to admit that the example in our possession Younger Millennials remember $79 Mosin-Nagant rifles; and we all bought a CZ-52 because it was like 150 bucks. . It was soon after manufactured under license in Russia and is perhaps . The bottom left shows that the pistol was made in The 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. Thats been true of the peacetime 1930s revolvers and also of the rough and ready 1943 samples. The Nagant M1895 Revolver is a seven-shot, gas-seal revolver designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Lon Nagant for the Russian Empire. Some collectors items with desirable proof marks are running for over $1,000 at the time of writing this article. 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 This ammunition is interchangeable with the 7.5mm 1882 Ordnance (aka Swiss 7.5mm revolver).[25][26]. 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]. It's chambered in 7.62x38R. The Swedish and Norwegian Nagants used a different cartridge, the 7.5mm Nagant. I will upload a couple more, but would appreciate any input- thanks. Nearly 50 years ago, when I started my quest to learn about guns, I would occasionally venture onto a public range in the San Fernando Valley of southern California. If you want to buy a Nagant revolver, GunBroker.com will be your best bet. of the M-1895 Pistol. If you want to buy a Nagant revolver, 1911 Sizes: Government, Commander, Officer and Defender. 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. The seal gives the round an estimated 50 to 70 FPS in extra velocity, translating to a little more energy at the muzzle and on the target. The two pictures below ", Mosin Videos, and "How to's" (Sub-Forum). Model M 189 Russian double-action Nagant revolver, caliber 7.62/38 Those revolvers were in use during WWI and WWII, and many of them are still in use today. 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. This firearm was shipped in 1899 and was the 5th shipment. . The Russian private security service retired the last Nagants in 2009, and theyre still picking them up off the ground in Middle Eastern war zones. shoot one. Until 1918 it was produced in two versions: a double-action version for officers, and a cheaper single-action version for the lower ranks. It has a 100% stop rate when applied directly to the back of a dissidents skull. 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. by mosin94 Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:10 pm, Post Production of the single-action model seems to have stopped after 1918, with some exceptions, including examples made for target competition. No That cartridges underwhelming performance prompted the return to the .45 ACP with the M1911 and the Smith & Wesson Model 1917 revolver. The swing-out ejector rod was definitely a bad design, slow in use and unnecessary given the option of fixed ejector rod similar to the American Colt SAA revolver. 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. extent. 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. 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. New? For more than two centuries, Westley Richards has produced some of the worlds finest firearms, each wearing a timeless and classic look with bespoke flourishes. He was born in 1921 and later served as a navy corpsman in Japan and Korea. The revolver has matching serial numbers and all the appropriate markings for a Nagant made in 1915, but the right grip and the hammer may have been replaced. Expensive revolvers such as Korth and Manurhin are hand-fitted, keeping the gap to a minimum. You can make your first post here! As early as 1933 the M1895 had started to be replaced by the Tokarev semi-automatic pistol but was never fully replaced until the Makarov pistol in 1952. In 2015, a French tactical team killed an Islamic terrorist and found a fired 1895 Nagant on his person. Any Nagant experts out there who could give me a tutorial? by tjtM38 Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:25 am, Post Several of the marks don't show up real well in the pictures - they are: Right side of pistol on tang is what looks like the trident and also a circle with what looks like a 5 inside; under the cylinder is a cricle with a K inside, what looks like 3/4 of a box with right side open and 1/2 box with the bottom and right side missing inside the 3/4 box (sorry for the long winded description but it just wouldn't show up in a pix). This way, early Nagant users would avoid dealing with gases of black powder. This section has many high detail pictures of the The Model 1895 Nagant revolver is another fascinating offshoot of firearms development. $1,800.00. The picture to the right is what the sight picture of a Nagant revolver looks like if you were to shoot one. Main Page - Russian Mosin Nagant Information Misc. Between low noise and recoil, very good accuracy and finally available non-corrosive ammunition, it is a reasonable choice for rabbit-sized gameheadshots are practical to about 15 yards and body shot came be taken out to about 30 yards without excessive meat damage. Smith & Wesson's new M&P FPC is a compact, folding pistol-caliber carbine chambered in 9 mm Luger and designed to accept the company's M&P handgun magazines. I saw spam cans on sale at SG Ammo for $249.50. purposes. 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). IYO, in the condition this holster appears to be in, what do you think fair market value with the cleaning rod is? In this same vein, the M1891/30 Mosin Nagant was still the standard infantry rifle despite being in service for 48 years at that point. I shouldnt dog the 7.62x38R round too much, though. I'll have to go with the last part of your statement since it isn't Hungarian! A few weeks ago I finally broke down and bought myself a M1895 Nagant Revolver to fill a gap in my collection of Former Soviet Military Pistols. This is a fairly rare revolver with only 12400 built. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Ivan had to be well into his eighties at the time and spoke with a heavy Romanian accent. Historically, double action was an afterthought in this design, added only to the officers model. . And remember the Nagant was introduced in 1895, so proper context is important. Slower target ammunition with the same bullet weight as the original increases drop, so the sights are regulated closer to 15 yards with it. This is a nice example of a Nagant Model 1895 revolver issued to the Russian military in 1939. Treat it like a single action revolver and all will be well. This feature makes the Nagant the only revolver of which Im aware that can be effectively suppressed, if youre so inclined. 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. The disadvantage of this design is that Nagant revolvers were laborious and time-consuming to reload, with the need to manually eject each of the used cartridges, and reload one cartridge at a time through a loading gate. Can anyone help me identify the markings on my 1895 Nagant? RUSSIAN NAGANT REVOLVER 1913. 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