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Nagant 1895
Russian NAGANT revolver, official name "NAGAN 3-line revolver (7.62 mm) model 1895", produced by the Tula Arsenal in 1900, 7 shots, single and double action (officer model).
Nagant delivered 20,000 revolvers until production began in Toula in 1898, mainly SA / single action revolvers. Production in the various Russian arsenals lasted until the end of the Second World War.
The serial number of the weapon starts at 1 every year, the weapon always bears its year under the denomination (variable over the years and regimes) of the various Russian arsenals.
The model shown is marked (valid from 1899-1912) in Cyrillic which means "Fabrique d’armement impériale de Toula" above the plates, on the left side. On the right is the controller’s stamp: initials surmounted by the imperial eagle.
HPH
P.S.: For the Russians, Nagant called himself NAGAN.
Nagant 1895
Calibre 7.62
Nagant 1895
The first NAGANT M.1895s delivered between 1896 and 1898 to Russia were mainly intended for troops and operated in single action (SA).
In
addition to the usual Belgian markings, they bore the following hallmarks.
Photos # 1 - # 2 NAGANT acceptance stamp (stylized N) and Russian proof stamp
(stylized N)
Officers, equipped with M.1895 double-action (DA), had to buy the revolvers at their own expense, either from the army arsenal or from the manufacturer NAGANT.
These
revolvers did not carry Russian markings; they are currently difficult for
collectors to identify.
Pictures # 3 - # 4
When the arms factories of TOULA resumed the manufacture of the NAGANT M.1895, they made almost no visible changes.
Except
for the front
sight,
which will be half-moon, and for some punches.
Photos # 5 - # 6 The stylized receipt stamp N is replaced by a hammer, the
Russian proof stamp K is circled and
the letters below the imperial eagle change.
Subsequently, the M.1895 remained practically unchanged until the Russian Revolution in 1917, when the operation of revolvers in the SA was definitively abandoned.
Currently SA copies are much scarcer, because many of these weapons have been
converted to DA.
Pictures # 7 - # 8
Only the manufacturers' brands have changed, from the beginning of production in Toula to the end of the 2nd GM, the last official production in 1945.
Below is
an overview of brands from various manufactures and periods.
Photos # 9 -10 – 11- 12 -13 – # 14
At the end of the 1920s, there was a final change, with regard to the front sight, which would then be an ellipse cut at the back.
From now
on, the hammer, the armoury’s seal of approval, will be replaced by a
five-pointed star, and the seal of the government’s commission of approval will
also change.
pictures
# 15 - # 16 - # 17 - # 18 - # 19
The last NAGANT M.1895 came out of the SESTROJETZK factory in 1944/45.
In the
post-war years, many models were produced, mostly from existing spare parts;
later, older models were restored and sold, mostly to the civil match.
Pictures # 20 - # 21 - # 22
Nagant 1895
Calibre 7.62
Photos of "COLLECTIBLEFIREARMS" with my grateful thanks.
