Russia has started production of a civilian version of the Nagant revolver. Based on original historical samples & mdash; 'Nagant' revolvers different release years will make a civilian rifle rifle. The weapon will receive a long barrel and a wooden stock, making it comply with Russian weapons law (the weapon is over 800 millimeters long). The historic prototype of the new-old revolver was an elongated version of the Tsar's Army Border Guards Nagant, produced at the very beginning of the 20th century.
Winner to death
Revolver of the Nagant system of the 1895 model (GRAU index & mdash; 56-H-121) & mdash; is a seven-shot revolver designed and manufactured by the Belgian industrial brothers Emile and Leon Naganami for the Russian Empire, which was in service and produced in a number of countries by the end of the XIX & mdash; mid-twentieth century. Recall the story of its adoption. & Nbsp;
Before the advent of smokeless gunpowder, the Russian Army had the first and only regular Smith-Wesson revolver. The huge 10.67mm caliber model was designed for black powder. Introduced as early as 1871, the American replacement clearly requested. Then the Russian military department finally announced a competition for a new revolver.
The Russian military department put forward very strict requirements for the new army revolver: 3-line caliber (7.62 mm), simplicity and reliability of design, high penetrating power of the cartridge. Interestingly, the army demanded a decrease in the rate of fire, the abandonment of self-cocking fire and, in addition, the abandonment of the automatic extraction of exhausted cartridges. Probably the army was very afraid of the high consumption of cartridges & mdash; economy is foremost.
Two Belgian gunsmiths have become favorites of the competition & mdash; Léon Nagant with his revolver already well known in the world of the model 1878, which underwent two modernizations in 1886 and 1892, and Henri Pieper with the Bayard revolver.
Bayard lost due to its greater complexity. Although there is an opinion that Nagant earned thanks to the connections Leon had personally in Russia, but his revolver was definitely more suited to the stated requirements.
Released into production in 1895, the revolver quickly began to enter the military. Nagant became one of the symbols of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War that followed, and later the word 'revolver'. has become a household name & mdash; in common parlance this is often called any revolver.
The Nagan proved to be excellent in the Russo-Japanese War. Comfortable and unpretentious, it has earned the respect of officers and soldiers. Then in the First World War, in fierce trench battles, the revolver was distinguished by its reliability, it was not afraid to drop it in the sand or mud, shoot in the rain or dust. & Nbsp;
It was only after the end of WWII that the revolver was withdrawn from arms. The reason was mainly the unsatisfactory reload speed. Nevertheless, revolvers served in the police force until the late 1960s, with collectors and special communications & mdash; until the 80s.
Hunting and collecting
The civilian version of the 'Nagant' revolver there will be pistols stored in warehouses, which will simply be turned into rifles. According to the manufacturers, the new weapon may be of interest to both collectors and enthusiasts of military history, and hunters. Apparently, therefore, there are plans to both release the product in the original 7.62 by 38 millimeter caliber, and the 22 caliber hunting version (small caliber rimfire cartridge & mdash; 5.6 mm).
Interestingly, a similar story happened 10 years ago. In 2011, the Izhmash company presented a new small-caliber revolver rifle, created according to the constructive scheme of the legendary “ Nagant '' revolver. The rifle was loaded with two types of cartridges: 22LR and 22WMR. Both types of cartridges are part of the 5.6mm rimfire cartridge family and are used in civilian weapons.
And in 2020, a private Russian company introduced a hunting rifle based on the 1985 Nagant revolver, codenamed Shadow- 7. ;. Externally, the rifle was a Nagant revolver with a long barrel and a FAB Defense Glock buttstock attached to it in the grip area. The revolver is chambered for 5.45 x 18 mm. According to experts, the Shadow-7 rifle looked like a weapon from a post-apocalyptic game like Fallout.
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