Anybody familiar with Nagant rolling blocks?

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Wouldn't be the first time I bought a gun I know basically nothing about. :D
So I made a deal to buy this little oddball this morning:
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From what I can figure out, it's a model 1877 - the first cartridge pistol made for the Belgian army. And the Nagant brothers had a license from Remington to use the rolling block system (so I would think I'm safe to assume the quality would be comparable to Remington themselves?). Caliber is 9.4mm Nagant, so I'm hoping it can be formed from something else. Anybody familiar with these guns and/or the cartridge?


As an aside, I read last night that the Nagants made rolling block rifles for the Vatican, and they had their own cartridge - 12.7 X 45R Papal Remington. Wonder if the Pope has to bless each cartridge :confused: :D
 
Couldn't find a 9.4 Nagant in Donnelly. Might be best to do chamber casts, and slug the bores.
 
No 9mm Belgian either. I'm looking in Donnelly's "The Handloaders Manual of Cartridge Conversions".
 
Being a Euro Gun could Be lotsa calibers but maby its a
9 MM ACTION EXPRESS (41AE)
How long is the Chamber?
Most rolling Block pistols ive seen Dont have Really long Chambers cause the cases are to hard or Imposible to Feed.
the 9 MM action express is a fairly short case at .087 long
Dia of the Bullet close to 41 Long colt but slightly smaller.

Your gona have to do a Chamber cast for sure.

Thats a Very Cool Piece. :)
 
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