Revolver of the Nagant system, caliber 7.62 mm mod. 1895

7.62 mm Nagant revolver mod. 1895 (Russia/USSR)

Belgian-made Nagant mle.1895 revolver

At the end of the 19th century, the Russian Empire began massive rearmament of its army. The “Three-line rifle of the 1891 model” was chosen as the main model of small arms. The standard revolver was a model of the 4.2-line (10.67 mm) Smith-Wesson III revolver of the 1880 model, which was obsolete by that time. The Commission for the development of small-caliber guns, headed by Lieutenant General N. G. Chagin, was involved in the search for promising models. The main requirements for the new army revolver were as follows:

Great stopping power of the bullet. Since cavalry was one of the main types of troops, a shot at an effective range (up to 50 steps) should stop a horse.
The “fighting force” should be capable of penetrating four to five inch pine boards.
Light weight (0.82-0.92 kg).
The caliber, number, direction, profile of the barrel rifling, etc. must coincide with those of the three-line rifle of the 1891 model, then in the manufacture of revolvers it will be possible to use defective rifle barrels.
The revolver should not be equipped with a self-cocking firing device, because it “harmfully affects accuracy.”
The initial velocity of the bullet must be at least 300 m/s.
The revolver must have good accuracy of fire.
The design should be simple and technologically advanced.
The revolver must be reliable, insensitive to dirt and poor operating conditions, and easy to maintain.
The extraction of cartridges should not be simultaneous, but one after the other.
Sights must be designed so that the bullet's flight path intersects the aiming line at a distance of 35 steps.
Drum capacity is at least 7 rounds.
Cartridge with flanged brass case, jacketed bullet and smokeless powder.
The rejection of self-cocking firing and simultaneous extraction of spent cartridges was caused by the opinion that, firstly, they would complicate the design (which would negatively affect the reliability and cost of the revolver), and secondly, they would lead to “excessive consumption of ammunition.”

The announced competition and potential gigantic order aroused enormous interest among domestic and foreign arms manufacturers. Several modifications of the existing Smith and Wesson revolver were introduced, including revolvers and automatic pistols. The main struggle took place between the Belgian gunsmiths Henri Pieper with the M1889 Bayard revolver model and Leon Nagan with the M1892.

Leon Nagant had to remake the revolver for the Russian 7.62 mm caliber and, as in 1883, eliminate the possibility of self-cocking shooting, worsening the characteristics of the weapon in accordance with the requirements of the competition. Two options were presented - 6- and 7-round revolvers. Pieper's revolver was rejected due to its large mass and unreliable design. Leon Nagant's victory in the competition was probably largely due to the fact that he already had long-established connections in the Russian military department.

For a patent for a revolver, Nagan asked for 75,000 rubles, which he was ultimately denied and a repeat competition was scheduled with new, clarified conditions. In addition to the characteristics, they stipulated a bonus: 20,000 rubles for the design of the revolver and 5,000 for the design of the cartridge; in addition, the winner “gave his invention into the full ownership of the Russian government, which received the right to manufacture it both in his country and abroad, without any additional payment to the inventor.” Pieper submitted to the competition newly redesigned revolvers with original automatics, which the commission considered “ingenious, but not practical.” S.I. Mosin's six-barreled revolver was also rejected.

The improvements in the design of the Nagant revolver were less significant, and after comparative tests with the 4.2-line Smith-Wesson revolver, the design was approved. Based on the results of military tests, the officers participating in them expressed an insistent desire to obtain a double-action revolver with the ability to self-cocking. Returning to the self-cocking version of the revolver, the commission did not consider it completely satisfactory, so it was decided to adopt two types of revolvers for service with the Russian army: self-cocking for officers and non-self-cocking for non-commissioned officers and privates.

After making a number of minor changes, the design was approved in the spring of 1895. On May 13, 1895, by decree of Nicholas II, the “soldier” and “officer” models of the Nagan revolver were adopted by the Russian army, but according to the military department, revolvers were officially adopted into service in June 1896, by order of the Minister of War No. 186.

The contract provided for the delivery of 20,000 Model 1895 revolvers over the next three years. The Belgian side was also contractually obligated to provide assistance in setting up the production of revolvers at the Imperial Tula Arms Factory. The design of the Russian-made revolver underwent a slight modernization: the back of the handle was made solid (and not split, as in the Belgian version), and the shape of the front sight was simplified. Production technology has also been improved. The order for five years (from 1899 to 1904) amounted to 180,000 units.

For 20 thousand revolvers produced, Nagan received more than 600 thousand rubles. gold. One Belgian Nagan cost 30–32 rubles. For comparison, the price of the French M1892 revolver was 60 francs (15 rubles). After the start of production of the Nagan in Russia, it cost the treasury 26 rubles. (which corresponded to 17 rubles 33 kopecks before the reform of 1897). Subsequently, the leadership of the military department set the task of reducing the cost of the revolver to 20 rubles. In other words, “Naganov’s cheapness” is another legend. “Nagants” of Belgian production appear in Russia and for commercial sale, and at a price of only 25 rubles. (this corresponds to 16.67 rubles before the reform of 1897). We must not forget that this amount also includes the store’s trade margin. In other words, the Belgian “sold” his products to the Russian Imperial Army at essentially double the price.

USM device

Nagan revolvers are equipped with hammer-operated, double-action trigger mechanisms. The pistols contain firing pins that are hinged on the triggers. The handle became a place for the location of a plate-shaped two-feather mainspring. There are no safeties for revolvers. During the first tests of the weapon, designers noticed leaks of powder gases at the breech end and the front end of the drum. This drawback was corrected by using a trigger mechanism that pushed the drum forward each time before firing. Thus, when cocking the hammer, the drum is shifted forward by activating a specific locking mechanism. Then, due to the trigger, the drum is locked and its rotation is stopped.

Nagan revolver design

Let's look at the design of the Nagant revolver. The revolver body is composite, consisting of a barrel and frame, which are firmly connected to each other with a screw connection, a cleaning rod in a cleaning rod tube, a removable side cover and a trigger guard. The trunk is stepped and has a cylindrical shape. In the muzzle of the barrel there is a massive ledge, which is the base of the front sight; the front sight is fixed in a dovetail groove. The bore is rifled with four right-hand rifling. The breech of the barrel has a thread for connecting to the frame; the breech also has a neck and a belt with a cutout for attaching a ramrod tube.

The ramrod tube is put on the barrel neck and rotates on it as if on an axis. The rotation of the ramrod tube is limited within the limits of the movement of the tide in the cutout of the barrel belt. In the ramrod tube there is a ramrod (a long rod with a head, longitudinal and transverse grooves) with a stopper, which is a spring screwed with a screw to the ramrod tube. In the combat position, the ramrod was retracted inside the frame and drum, and the tooth of the locking spring entered its transverse ramrod. In the unloading position, the ramrod, together with the ramrod tube, was turned to the right all the way and stood coaxially with the drum chamber being discharged.

The frame of the Nagan revolver is closed, it is a milled part of a complex geometric shape, in which there were many pressed axes for attaching other parts of the weapon. The upper front part of the frame has a threaded hole for screwing on the barrel. The handle of the revolver was formed by the rear curved part of the frame, a removable side cover and wooden cheeks with a gasket. The side cover was screwed to the frame with a connecting screw. In the central part of the frame there is a rectangular window for placing the drum. The trigger mechanism parts are located in the handle and the rear of the frame. There is an aiming slot at the top of the frame. The trigger guard is located at the bottom of the frame and is connected to it using an axle pressed into the frame and a screw.

The drum has seven chambers to accommodate cartridges. The outer surface of the drum has valleys, seven recesses for the rear trigger protrusion and seven slots for the door tooth. To interact with the pawl, at the rear end of the drum there is a ratchet wheel made integral with seven teeth, as well as seven grooves for the protrusion of the open door. The front end of the drum has recesses to accommodate the protrusion of the barrel when sliding it onto the drum. The drum axis has a profile head and is installed in the frame holes; the drum axis is held by a ramrod tube installed in front of the drum axis head with its tide.

The return device consists of a spring and a drum tube located in the central channel of the drum. It is thanks to the tube that the drum can move in a horizontal plane along the axis.

The drum has a stopper, which consisted of a door with an axis-screw and a door spring with a screw. The drum door is located on the right side of the revolver frame and rotates on an axis fixed in the door lugs and the revolver frame stand. The door can be in two positions, which are fixed with a spring. In the closed position, it covered the chamber located opposite the door, preventing the cartridge from falling out. At the same time, the door tooth rests on the recess of the drum belt, preventing it from turning to the left. When open, the door tilts down to the right, providing free access to the drum chamber, while the door protrusion fits into the end recesses of the drum and secures it for loading and unloading.

The Nagan revolver has a trigger and locking mechanisms, which consist of a mainspring, breech, trigger with pawl, slide, hammer with connecting rod. The breech is located in the rear wall of the frame window in a special frame slot and rotates in it on an axis that is pressed into the frame. The massive head of the breech is located in the socket and rests against the bottom of the cartridge case, and the protrusion of the breech, interacting with the slide, is directed downward. The breech head has a channel for the passage of the hammer striker with walls inclined forward downwards and a bevel for resting the slide. In the grooves of the frame and cover, the slide moves vertically and has a channel on top for passage of the trigger: the lower part of the channel is beveled; the tail part of the slide has a recess for the cranked trigger lever; The bevel acts on the breech protrusion.

In the assembled revolver, the slide is placed behind the breech and, when moving upward, the wall of the trigger groove presses on the bevel of the breech, forcing it to turn, and stands behind the back surface of the breech head. When the breech is turned, its head moves forward, and when the revolver is loaded, it presses on the bottom of the cartridge, compresses the return spring of the drum, moves (together with the pawl) the entire drum forward, while the cartridge case with its muzzle enters the barrel chamber, and the barrel stump falls into the recess on the front end of the drum, which prevents the breakthrough of powder gases when fired. Moving down, the slide releases the breech, then its bevel acts on the breech protrusion, turning the breech and moving it away from the drum. The drum, freed from the breech as the slide is lowered, returns back under the action of its return spring and the front tooth of the trigger. The muzzle of the cartridge case emerges from the chamber of the barrel, after which the drum can rotate freely for the next shot.

The trigger is of a complex shape, placed at the bottom in the frame socket and rotated in it on an axis that is pressed into the right wall of the frame, the trigger has a shank, an elbowed protrusion designed to interact with the slide, a protrusion to limit rotation, a sear to hold the hammer cocked position, an oval head to act on the trigger connecting rod. There is a hole to accommodate the pawl rod, and a recess to accommodate the lower feather of the mainspring. The pawl is placed on the left side of the trigger and has a rod to connect to the trigger. The rod has a cut end to support the lower stay of the mainspring. In the assembled revolver, the cranked protrusion of the trigger fits into the recess of the slide, causing the latter to move when the trigger is turned.

When you press the trigger, the slider rises up, and when the pressure is released, it goes down. The pawl, passing through the through groove of the rear wall of the frame window, is engaged with the teeth of the ratchet wheel of the drum with its nose. When the trigger is pressed, the pawl causes the drum to rotate 1/7 of a revolution and at the same time move forward, and when the trigger is released, the pawl jumps to the next tooth of the ratchet wheel. The pawl prevents the drum from turning to the left with its ratcheting clutch both when the trigger is pressed and released. When the trigger is pressed, its rear protrusion enters the recess of the drum belt and, resting against its wall, limits the rotation of the drum to the right. Thus, when the trigger is released, the drum is in the rear position and can freely turn to the right. From rotation to the left, the drum is stopped first by the door tooth, and then by the spout of the pawl. When the trigger is pressed at the moment of firing in the forward position, it is completely locked.

The Nagant revolver has an open hammer, consisting of the following parts: a firing pin swinging on a pin, a cocking spoke, a spring-loaded connecting rod for self-cocking and decocking, a combat cocking, a ledge for compressing the mainspring, a cut-off platform for resting the upper feather of the mainspring and a shank for closing the socket on top trigger frames. The trigger is placed on the right wall of the frame behind the slide and rotates on an axis that is pressed into the wall of the frame. The hammer striker passes through the through sockets of the slide, breech and frame. The connecting rod is placed above the oval trigger head and interacts with it; the cocking rod is located below the sear. The V-shaped mainspring is located inside the revolver handle and is attached to the right wall of the frame with its spike, which fits into the hole in the frame.

The upper feather at its end has a finger for acting on the beveled trigger pad and an oval protrusion for interacting with the trigger ledge.

The thin end of the lower mainspring in the assembled revolver is placed in the trigger recess. By acting on the cut of the pawl rod, the thin end of the chainstay causes the trigger to rotate and take a forward position with the pawl down, and the pawl to rotate and press more tightly against the ratchet wheel of the drum. The chainstay also rests on the trigger guard. The top feather presses with its finger on the trigger pad, forcing the trigger to turn slightly back and move the firing pin away from the primer; the oval protrusion of the upper feather of the mainspring lies under the trigger ledge, and interacting with it during cocking

From 35 steps (25 m) on a package of dry pine boards, 2.54 cm (one inch) thick, located at a distance of 8 cm from one another, penetration is observed: 3 boards - 100% bullets, 4 boards - 70%, 5 boards - 25%. One board penetrates at a distance of up to 200 steps (140 m).

What is a revolving drum?

This part in the Nagan pistol simultaneously serves as the chamber and magazine. Most revolver models are equipped with drums that hold seven rounds. The drum with its hollow axis in the front part of the revolver is inserted into the frame, onto which it is fixed using a special ramrod tube. It is mounted on the barrel neck in front of the drum.

Revolvers that allow the cylinder to be pushed onto the barrel use a special return mechanism. The right side of the Nagan pistol (a photo of the weapon is presented in the article) became the place to place a locking device - a special spring-loaded door. In order to load the weapon, the shooter just needs to open (throw aside) the door. The Nagan pistol is unloaded in the same way. Disassembling the weapon begins with opening the door and removing the drum. Ammunition is located in special slots. When the door is opened, cartridges are inserted into them. To prevent ammunition from falling out of the weapon, the door should be returned to the closed position. In addition, the door prevents the drum from turning counterclockwise.

Use of revolvers

The first successful combat use of revolvers of the Nagant design dates back to 1900. The Russian expeditionary force took part in pacifying the “Boxer Rebellion” in China. On June 3, 1900, during the capture of the Taku fortification, which blocked the mouth of the Peikho River, the commander of the combined company of the 12th Siberian Regiment, Lieutenant Stankevich, one of the first to break into the enemy’s position, shot and killed two attacking Chinese soldiers.

Reductions in War Department appropriations since 1903 led to a sharp decline in revolver production, and the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War forced the government to use emergency loans for the purchase of weapons. In 1905, the Tula plant was ordered to produce 64,830 units of the 1895 model revolver, but only 62,917 copies were produced. After the war, funding for the army rearmament program was once again reduced, and an interdepartmental commission created in 1908 allowed the production of revolvers according to orders directly from military units.

The tsarist government began preparing for a big war too late: the “Great Program to Strengthen the Army” was announced only on July 7, 1914, three weeks before the start of the First World War. At this time, the armies of developed countries begin to replace revolvers with self-loading pistols, the best examples of which are superior to revolvers in combat characteristics (especially in rate of fire, reloading speed and dimensions). In Russia, another rearmament was considered inappropriate.

By July 20, 1914, according to the report card, the troops had 424,434 Nagant revolvers of all modifications (out of 436,210 required by the state), that is, the army was provided with revolvers by 97.3%, but already in the first battles the losses of weapons were significant. Measures were taken to reconstruct the arms industry, and 474,800 revolvers were produced between 1914 and 1917.

The Nagant revolver became one of the symbols of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent civil war, and later the word “Nagant” became a common noun - in colloquial speech “Nagant” was often called any revolver, and sometimes a self-loading pistol.

Only the self-cocking (“officer”) version of the 7.62 mm Nagan revolver mod. 1895, while the technological documentation was transferred to the metric measurement system in 1918. During the Civil War, the Tula Arms Plant continued to produce revolvers - 175,115 units were produced between 1918 and 1920. (52,863 units in 1918, 79,060 units in 1919 and 43,192 units in 1920). After the end of the civil war, the issue of rearmament of the Red Army was repeatedly raised, but even after the TT pistol was adopted for service in 1930, the production of revolvers continued.

In June-July 1930, the design and production technology of the revolver underwent a slight modification: the sight slot became semicircular instead of triangular, the front sight was supposed to be changed to rectangular, but then a more complex semicircular-truncated shape was introduced. The cost of one Nagan revolver (with a set of spare parts) in 1939 was 85 rubles.

Until the beginning of World War II, the production of revolvers and pistols at the Tula plant was maintained at approximately the same level; from 1932 to 1941, more than 700,000 revolvers were produced. The advantages of pistols were quite obvious to the leadership of the Red Army, however, for a number of reasons, the TT pistol and the 7.62 mm Nagant revolver mod. 1895 were issued in parallel. One of the reasons was the opinion that the pistol must be suitable for firing through the embrasures of a tank. The TT pistol was clearly not suitable for this, and new models of pistols that had a barrel that was not covered by a casing turned out to be worse than the TT. In 1941, the Tula Arms Plant was evacuated to Udmurtia, to the city of Izhevsk, where the production of revolvers continued, and in 1942 a partial re-evacuation was carried out from Izhevsk to Tula.

More than 370,000 revolvers were produced between 1942 and 1945. The revolver was in service with the Red Army, the Polish Army, the 1st Czechoslovak Corps, the 1st Romanian Infantry Division named after Tudor Vladimirescu, the 1st Yugoslav Infantry Brigade, and the French Normandy-Niemen fighter regiment.

During wartime, the percentage of defects in production increased, due to the lack of qualified personnel. The finishing quality of military-issue revolvers was lower than in peacetime. The combat use of the Nagans revealed its low combat qualities, while the design of this model was already outdated at the time it was put into service. The most noticeable disadvantage in comparison with self-loading pistols was the low practical rate of fire, resulting in a large loss of time for reloading.

Captured Polish and Soviet revolvers entered service with auxiliary and security police forces. In particular, the police of the “General Government”, individual units of the SS troops, the “eastern” formations of the Wehrmacht and auxiliary police units in the occupied territory of the USSR.

After the end of the war, the 7.62 mm Nagant revolver mod. 1895 was withdrawn from service by the Soviet army and its production was discontinued. However, Nagan system revolvers were in service with the police until the mid-1950s, and in the paramilitary security and collection systems for much longer. At least until 2000, revolvers were used by geological enterprises. According to the regulations of the USSR Ministry of Geology, the heads of parties and expeditions, chief and senior geologists were armed with revolvers.

“Nagant” is a revolver with rather slow loading; with the old “Smith & Wesson” this process was carried out much faster. In fact, the weapon has become disposable, it fired seven rounds, but you can no longer reload it quickly. The famous obturation only complicated the revolver and forced the production of a more complex and expensive cartridge. By the way, the idea of obturation itself did not belong to Leon Nagan, its author was Henry Pieper. The only advantage of the new revolver is that it ensures complete alignment of the drum chambers with the barrel.

One might wonder if the revolver was so bad, why it took so long to make it. In 1898, Nicholas II asked the Arms Department a direct question about why an unusable revolver was adopted in Russia; the tsar was irritated, first of all, by the “baggy” loading. The answer was amazing, the general meaning was that the revolver was bad, but everyone had them too. The wall was impenetrable, one gets the impression that they could not help but accept the Nagant revolver, and having accepted and spent 5 million rubles. to organize production, it could no longer be produced.

The 1895 Nagant revolver, as well as its modifications, were produced by many arms companies around the world. Among them: Belgian “Lepage”, “Baillard”, “Frankot”, German “Enel” in Suhl, Russian Imperial Tula Armory, Polish in the city of Radom and others.

In Russia, the 7.62 mm Nagant revolver mod. 1895 were authorized for use by certain categories of employees of the Ministry of Agriculture at least until 2002; they were removed from service with postal employees in 2003, but as of 2006 they continued to be in service with the militarized guards of the FSUE Okhrana of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, departmental security and collectors. In December 1998, the Nagant revolver was officially adopted by the Federal Bailiff Service. In addition, "Nagan" is included in the list of award firearms.

In Ukraine, a 7.62 mm Nagant revolver mod. 1895, as of August 6, 2008, the Ministry of Defense had 60,000 Nagan revolvers in storage (50 thousand serviceable and 10 thousand intended for disposal); as of August 15, 2011, 15,000 Nagan revolvers remained in the custody of the Ministry of Defense. However, of this amount, from 32 to 40 thousand revolvers at the time of 2014 were in the custody of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a certain number were in the SBU. As of June 2014, they remained in service with the railway guard.

Model for the Russian army

In 1879, the Naval Ministry of Tsarist Russia purchased a small batch of Nagan system pistols from a Belgian manufacturer. The technical characteristics and design features of these revolvers have been improved compared to previous models of 1877. The new weapons purchased by Russia (a thousand units) were intended to fire 7.5 mm ammunition. The cartridges were equipped with jacketed bullets and used smokeless powder. For revolvers of the Nagan system, cartridges from brass cartridges were specially created. Gunsmiths noted that the use of such cartridges provides high ballistic performance. In addition, the fired bullet had a decent initial speed. Front sights and rear sights were used as sighting devices.

Modifications of the Nagant revolver

Nagant M1910 - Belgian model arr. 1910 with simultaneous extraction of spent cartridges.

Combat modifications

“Soldatsky” Nagan - a revolver with a non-self-cocking firing mechanism, production discontinued in 1918;
"Officer" Nagan - a revolver with a self-cocking trigger mechanism;
Carbines - before the First World War, a limited number of carbines with a barrel length of 300 mm and an integral butt and a revolver with a barrel extended to 200 mm and a removable butt were produced for the border troops. These samples were developed and manufactured in the ITOZ hunting weapons workshop as weapons for hunting, and not for the Border Guard, contrary to a number of sources.
The “Commander” or “Shortened” Nagan is a compact version of the revolver, intended for concealed carry, with a barrel length reduced to 85 mm and a shortened handle. The shortened Nagan was produced from 1924 to 1930. The total number of such revolvers for this period is about 25,000. Entered service with OGPU and NKVD officers. However, shortened Nagans were produced even before the revolution, for some categories of police officers, from 1912 to 1914. in small quantities.
In addition, for reconnaissance and sabotage units in 1929, a revolver with a silencer was developed, equipped with a silent-flameless firing device “BRAMIT” system of the brothers V. G. and I. G. Mitin.
Nagant wz. 30 - Nagan revolver model 1895, made in Poland, from 1930 to 1939 it was mass-produced at the arms factory in Radom, a total of 20 thousand units were produced in Poland. Nagan revolvers in two modifications: Ng wz.30 and Ng wz.32

Sports modifications

Training revolver Nagan-Smirnsky model 1926 - designer A. A. Smirnsky, in 1925-1939. 3500 pieces produced. chambered for a 5.6 mm rimfire cartridge.
Sports revolver of the Nagan system - model 1953, had a weighted barrel, non-self-cocking trigger mechanism, adjustable sights
MTs-4 - model of 1955 with a barrel length of 147 mm, designer - V. A. Paramonov. The revolver was produced in 1956-1966, a total of 8220 units were produced. MC-4 and MC-4-1.
TOZ-36 is a sports revolver, model 1962, designed by E. L. Khaidurov.
TOZ-49 is a sports revolver of the 1972 model, designer E. L. Khaidurov. It is distinguished by a shortened drum for a 7.62×26 mm revolving cartridge.
TOZ-96 is an export version of TOZ-49 chambered for .32 S&W Long Wadcutter, produced since 1996.

Conversion into sporting and hunting weapons

The KR-22 “Falcon” carbine is a conversion model chambered for the .22 LR cartridge; it is a revolver with a barrel extended to 500 mm, a wooden fore-end and an integral wooden butt. The weight of the carbine is 2 kg. Production of the carbine began in 2010.
The "Grom" revolver is a conversion model produced in Ukraine, a sports and training revolver chambered for the 4-mm Flaubert cartridge
Conversion to civilian self-defense weapons
In the early 2000s, based on the Nagan revolver, several variants of gas and traumatic revolvers were developed, which were produced by converting them from combat “revolvers”.
In Russia, civilian self-defense weapons: traumatic revolvers P1 "Naganych" chambered for 9 mm RA and VPO-502 "Nagan-M" chambered for 10×32 mm T, as well as a service traumatic revolver RS chambered for 10×23 mm T .
In Ukraine there are gas and traumatic revolvers “Skat 1R”, “Kombrig”, “G-Nagan”, “Nagan RF” and the shortened “Skat 1Rk”.
In accordance with forensic requirements, changes were made to the design of “rubber shooters” to exclude the possibility of firing live ammunition.

Signal (noise) modifications

VPO-503 "Nagan-S" ("Bluff") - a signal revolver for the Zhevelo capsule, produced since the summer of 2006. Manufacturer - Vyatsko-Polyansky carries out alterations of combat revolvers stored in warehouses. The design of the revolver excludes reverse conversion into a military weapon (the chambers of the drum are converted to the caliber of the primer, the barrel is bored out, and a plug is inserted into the breech of the barrel). At the same time, the appearance of the revolver is almost completely preserved. All factory numbers, marks of masters and inspectors are also intact. The revolver is disassembled and serviced in the usual way.
MP-313 (Nagan-07). In the summer of 2008, the production of revolvers at Molot began to be curtailed and production was transferred to the Izhevsk Arms Plant. In the MP-313, compared to the “Bluff”, changes have been made to the design of the barrel plug (the new plug has a more thoughtful shape), the barrel is bored to a smaller diameter, the serial number of the revolver on the frame has been removed, the frame is not milled at the breech of the barrel, the number drum, and sometimes other parts, does not correspond to the internal number on the frame, the bushings for “Zhevelo” are not pressed into the chambers of the drum, but are screwed into threads pre-cut into them. The revolver comes with a cleaning cloth and a double-sided screwdriver.
R-2 is a signal revolver for the Zhevelo capsule, the next version after the Bluff and MP-313. Manufacturer: Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant. Features of the model: a pin is installed into the barrel of the revolver on the right side through the frame, which is also a plug; the insertion point is welded and ground; however, the barrel looks authentic, the rifling is preserved; the drum is drilled out, standard Zhevelo inserts are installed in it; unlike MP-313, the drum number and the number on the cover correspond to the number on the frame; three new-made stamps are applied to the lid (there were more on the first issue); There are no new stamps on the drum and the back side of the frame..

Developments

In the version of the Nagan pistol, assembled in 1895, the brothers managed to combine the best qualities from all previous developments. As a result, the M1892 revolver began to be considered a classic. Until 1940, the Belgian police used this particular modification of the Nagan pistol. The cartridge for this weapon also contained smokeless powder, but the bullet caliber was increased to 9 mm. The ammunition was contained in a special movable drum. Its rotation was carried out in a horizontal plane. With the appearance of the following modifications, no significant changes were made to the design of the Nagan pistol of 1895.

Characteristics

The Nagan traumatic revolver has the following characteristics:

The weight of the weapon is 700 g.
The pistol is designed to fire 4.5 mm bullets.
Combat force - 3 J.
The fired bullet is capable of developing a maximum initial speed of up to 120 m/s. However, judging by numerous reviews from owners, after 60 shots the initial speed drops to 90 m/s.
CO2 gas is used as a filler for the cylinder.
The revolver is used for shooting at a distance of up to 230 meters.

As evidenced by reviews from the owners of these traumatic Nagans, one can is enough to fire 100-105 shots. In this parameter, other air pistols are inferior to Glatcher. In addition, to release the self-cocking mechanism in the traumatic Nagan, unlike its combat counterpart, less effort is required - only 3 kg, which increases shooting accuracy and comfort in operation.

Description of the gas model

For the gas Nagant, the manufacturer used silumin. Wanting to give the weapon the effect of blued steel, the developers chose a black material. In some batches, Nagan air pistols have a silver coating. For the cheeks under the handle, craftsmen use plastic, which is a successful imitation of wood. The Nagan traumatic pistol is equipped with a CO2 tank, which is an energy source. Due to the trigger mechanism, firing from a gas sample is possible in two ways:

after a pre-cocked hammer, which the shooter performs manually;
self-cocking.

Operating principle

Unlike its combat counterpart, the gas-powered Nagant does not provide for the drum to slide along the barrel during firing. The drum in the Glacier does not rotate, but remains in a stationary position. Due to this, gas leakage is completely eliminated and sealing is improved. As in the real Nagant, in the traumatic version it is also possible to remove the drum from the frame. The Glacier body is equipped with a manual safety, which is used to lock the hammer and trigger. The weapon fires copper-plated steel shot (BB). Before use, the bullet is mounted in a false cartridge - a special device made of two rubber inserts designed to prevent gas leakage.

NGT products fire original ammunition that is not suitable for other similar models. In order to load the revolver, the shooter must insert cartridges into the drum one at a time, rotating it clockwise. If the bullet is inserted correctly, you should hear a characteristic click. The drums in the Glaciers are not folding. The inside of the pistol grip is used for a gas cartridge. From the outside it is closed with plastic covers.

Glacier 2012: injury.

Over the decades that the M1892 was in service, it became very popular. This model of Belgian craftsmen is of interest to many fans of rare weapons, which has been taken into account by modern weapons manufacturers. Since today gas models designed for self-defense are in great demand, the Gletcher NGT Black Nagan air pistol was created on the basis of the combat M1892. This variant entered the Russian arms market in 2012. The black Nagan pistol is one of the most popular gas models today. Manufacturers have tried to give the traumatic weapon an external resemblance to its military counterpart. According to consumer reviews, the weight and size parameters of the Nagan air pistol do not differ from the M1892.

Technical characteristics of M1892

The revolver, designed in 1892, began production only in 1895. The model has the following parameters:

The revolver is equipped with an automatic cocking drum designed to hold 7 rounds of ammunition.
The weapon has an initial speed of 272 m/s.
The revolver is intended for shooting at a distance of up to 700 meters.
The combat force is 210 J.
Caliber 7.62 x 32 mm
Rate of fire - the drum (seven rounds) is released within 20 seconds.
The weapon weighs 0.75 kg with an empty drum. With ammunition - 0.83 kg.
The dimensions of the revolver are 234 x 114 mm.
The revolver provides targeted shooting at a distance of up to 50 meters.

The article presents a photo of the Nagan M1892 pistol.