RUSSIAN NAGANT REVOLVER 1913

Original price was: $380.00.Current price is: $365.00.

RUSSIAN NAGANT REVOLVER 1913

RUSSIAN NAGANT REVOLVER 1913

The Russian Nagant Revolver 1895 is a seven-shot, gas-seal revolver designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Léon Nagant for the Russian Empire.

Russian Nagant Revolver 1913

It was chambered for a proprietary cartridge, 7.62×38mmR, and featured an unusual “gas-seal” system, in which the cylinder moved forward when the gun was cocked, to close the gap between the cylinder and the barrel, providing a boost to the muzzle velocity of the bullet and allowing the weapon to be suppressed (an unusual characteristic for a revolver).

The Nagant M1895 for sale 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 “Officer’s model”, respectively. Production of the single-action model seems to have stopped after 1918, with some exceptions, including examples made for target competition. Most single-action revolvers were later converted to double-action, making original single-action revolvers rather rare.