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1895 Nagant revolver (7.62x38r) | The Nagant 1895 Gas Seal revolver was used by Russian/Soviet forces from 1898-1945. This album contains pics of Imperial era (Tzarist) Nagants, a Liege mfg in 1898, an original Tula 1905 single action only, an original 1911 Tula double action, & 1914 Tula double action. The single action guns were made up to approximately 1917-1918 & were discontinued by the Bolsheviks, included are some detail shots of the differences in hammer manfacture between the SA & DA |
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1871 Berdan II (10.67x58r) | The Berdan II rifle was a follow on to the Berdan I trapdoor style rifle designed by Col Hiram Berdan of US Civil War fame, the Berdan II was a single shot turnbolt & the cartridge was one of the most powerful military rifle cartridges in use at the time. Early Berdan II rifles had standard type sights a later variant used an additional long range volley sight (in vogue in European military circles at the turn of the Century), The Berdan rifle was still available to Russian forces at the beginning of WW1 & saw use in the original 10.68 cal & in a version that was known as "the 3 line Berdan" which was a Berdan modified to use the standard Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54r round. |
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1874 M80 Gras (11x59r) | The French 1874 M80 Gras was a cartridge rifle developed from the 1866 Chassepot needle fire rifle, the Russians purchased a number of these rifles from the French early in WW1 due to critical shortages of rifles. The Russian used Gras are a rare rifle to find here in the US, this particular rifle is id'd by the Russian crylic character on the right front of the receiver that is believed to be a proof firing mark, the French mfg bayonet also has a Russian marking, the Sestroyetsk fletched arrow is stamped in the bayonet groove. |
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1915 (1895) Winchester (7.62x54r) | The Russian Govt. purchased app. 293,000 1895 Winchester muskets in Russian 7.62x54r beginning in 1914, these rifles had charger guide ribs attached to the receiver to enable use of the standard Russian charger clips. The rifles were adopted by the Russians as the M1915, 2 styles of bayonets were reportedly delivered w/them, one had a 8" blade (very rare) & the more common, the 16" blade. Some of these rifles were eventually sent to Spain to assist the republicans in their (losing) war aganst the Nationalists. |
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M1916 US mkd Remington M91 | These rifles were built under contract by Remington (& Westinghouse) for the WW1 Czarist govt. A great majority were still in the US when the 1917 revolution in Russia overthrew the Czar & the Russians defaulted on the contract, Remington almost went bankrupt over this. The US Govt. bought a number of them where they were known as the M1916, they were stamped w/US ownership markings on the stock & are an extremely rare & desireable variant of Mosin Nagant especially the ones that never went overseas. |
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