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  • Gun Collecting: Nagant Model 1895 Revolver

    10/29/2010 11:04:08 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 14 replies
    www.firearmstruth.com ^ | 10-16-10 | Peter Suciu
    One of the most unique vintage military revolvers is known for its use in Russia, but yet it was in fact a Belgian designed firearm. This was the Model 1895 Nagant revolver, which was in actuality developed in 1894 by Emile and Leon Nagant, two Belgian gun designers, who had previous experience with the Russian arms industry. Their development of the revolver coincided with the Imperial Russian Army’s need for a new sidearm, which the firm of Fabrique d’armes Emile et Leon Nagant designed and brought to production. The Nagant brothers were already well known at the Russian Court as...