Nagant rifle in .410
This elegant Nagant rifle (a 114 cm length, of which71 cm for the unrifled bore) is based on patent 63999 of January 30, 1884, does of them one of the improvements of a former patent 39512B deposited on 9 May 1876 based on the Remington system. Like says it the patent, “the goal of this improvement is to prevent the gunner from making leave the blow by pressing the trigger, when the lever is not closed. For this purpose, the primitive trigger is modified and replaced by two parts.”
This type of weapon existed in various gauges, in particular the .44, as there can see with the reading of the impossible to circumvent book “the Revolvers and Nagant rifles” of Misters Feys and Smeets, pages 25 and 26.
The introduction of a cartridge posed problem to us. Firstly, the punches of Liege do not mention the gauge of it, secondly, if it were obvious quay that it was about popular gauge .410, the introduction of the cartridge, even shortest in our possession (a 36 mm length) were not possible because of the presence of the hammer in the axis of the breech. After grinds tests, it appeared that it is necessary to support thoroughly on the lever of trigger guard, which still makes move back the hammer of a few mm and allows the introduction of a cartridge. There is more practical than that, because it is necessary to hold the weapon of the two hands, it cartouche falling then by gravity in the breech.
That does not remove anything with the prettiness machine, witness of one of the many Nagant patents.
Thank you with MD which provided us the copy of the patent and with the “photographer-Webmaster”.
GP
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