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Nagant M.1878/86 Customs
This
NAGANT M.1878/86 revolver was adopted by the Belgian Customs.
The only
difference with the original M.1878/86 lies in the difference in the design of
the cylinder whose longitudinal grooves are replaced by elliptical grooves, and
the axis of the cylinder is without spring. The eight-sided barrel has four
grooves on the right and a half-moon front sight.
Like the
M.1878/86, the stocks are made of walnut and are fixed to the frame by a
transverse screw.
Its
length is 266 mm, its weight is 1Kg90 and the caliber is 9.4 mm.
The
markings are as follows:
Belgian
Customs, identifying the original body, at the location of the manufacturer's
mark Brevet Nagant, which is placed under the cylinder, on the left side of the
frame.
EGB in a
vertical oval + star: mark of the Belgian government (after 1893), proof of the
Manufacture d’Armes de l’État rue saint Léonard in Liège.
JD in a
horizontal and crowned oval: initials of the controller of the Belgian
government.
Double
interlaced L crowned in a circle, mark of the Belgian government.
510:
number of the weapon.
Small “P”
in a circle: punch of a controller of the State.
