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The NAGANT of Luxembourg Gendarmerie
The NAGANT of Luxembourg Gendarmerie
The weapon
It is about a revolver NAGANT model 1884 known as “of Luxembourg Gendarmerie”.
The calibre of 9,4mm is in conformity with the calibre of the basic weapon.
The weapon measures 285 mm and the barrel 160mm.
It is round with the thunder for becomes hexagonal to the mouth.
The more elaborate front sight allows the best aimed.
Its lock is with simple and double action of the type 1878/86.
The cylinder with 6 shots is without grooves of the type 1883.
The parts of the lock are marked of A to E in the order of disassembling/reassembly.
The grips consists of two plates out of wooden of walnut squared, maintained by a screw and two rivet washers with only one ear!
It ends in a metal cap, a ring with its screw-pivot.
The loading by side door is traditional just as unloading by rod with milled cylindrical end.
When it is new, its completion was black and bluish.
This weapon was envisaged with a bayonet of 130 mm to cruciform profile. It is designed to be fixed in front of the barrel by means of an adapter fixed using a screw passing behind the front sight. The bayonets and the adapters carried the same numbers that the weapons.
Punches
The weapon carries the lawful punches of the proofhouse of Liege, namely:
N and X crowned which are the countermarks of the controllers post 1877.
Spangled ELG in an oval which is final acceptance of use of 1846 to 1893.
Markings
The weapon relates to the left side of the console the marking NAGANT PATENTS which is of course the mark of the manufacturer in Liege (see site)
L152: repeated in several places of the weapon is the serial number and the only mark indicating that it is about a Luxembourg weapon. It seems well that this marking was affixed by the manufacturer and not by the Luxembourg authority.
These weapons remained in service until 1903 and were replaced by a pistol of the FN.
In 1927, 37 of these revolvers provided with the adapter of bayonet making office with protects front sight were given in service to the assembled section of the Gendarmerie.
These weapons were seized by the German occupying army in 1940.
GG
Nagant M.1884 (Luxembourg Gendarmerie)
The grips consists of two plates and an adapter in walnut, like the majority of the lawful Nagant revolvers.
Punches of the controllers: on the parts seen until now, there was on the guns and barrels the marks N, S and R, in theory the cylinders carry the same marks, with some exceptions where there are a N or X as on your specimen (barrels of replacement probably)
For your file, I join to present some photographs of Nagant Mr. 1884 with his bayonet.
I am of the opinion that the Luxembourg officers never had revolver Nagant cal 7,5mm with safety. I did not find any trace to support this assertion, on the other hand I found the source which gave rise to this theory, and like each one a little each one… in the result copies here is.
Mat
