Russian Nagant M1895

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Hello all:

I just picked up a 1936 dated Russian Nagant M1895 from T.E.C. and have a couple of dumb questions.

On the my Nagant the hammer needs to be drawn back before the trigger can be pulled, I thought that on another one that I had tried, pulling the trigger brought back the hammer as well. Were these made both ways? If they were made both ways, why and when were they?

How do you disable this? I assume you need to somehow pull that out that rod that the cylinder revolves on. There appears to be some sort of catch at the base of the rod that may allow this, but how does this catch work?

Lastly, does anyone have any idea where you can find ammo for this thing?

Thanks & cheers
Mark
 
Some were produced in single-action only, the idea in Tsarist time is that officers would get the double actions and enlisted men get the single. I've never heard of one as late as 1936, but with the mixing and reusing of parts I guess anything's possible.
 
I was under the impression the Soviets just went to DA for all of them.....:confused:

Would not be surprised some were done like that anyhow though, or it could have been a modification afterwards? Usually its a matter of removing some pieces in the lockwork to make it SA only, if yours is that way now, someone may have removed the parts, adding them back should get it to normal.

In regards to parts, although I don't know one way or another, my gut tells me that there aren't lots around and it may just be simpler to sell and buy one SA/DA.....

As for ammo? Hard to find, I have a few boxes that I have collected over the years, not enough to shoot more than a few cylinders a year though :(
 
Im going for 32 sw long as ammo since its available

I bought all the components to reload, dies, brass bullets but it is hard caliber to reload and im giving up my hopes of succeeding
 
I was keen on the TEC sale price too ($169) until I realized that it would likely end up being a wall hanger due to ammo scarcity. The ##### of it is, I have seen the same revolvers for sale in the US for only $75, and ammo out there is more or less readily availiable....
 
If you reload - use 32-20 Win and wadcutter seat just to the case mouth. Easy to reload and the gun itself is extremely accurate(if you use single action). Double action trigger pull of the gun is way too heavy.
 
"...never heard of 32-20..." Not as common as it used to be and not as readily available for handguns due to .32 calibres being evil, but it's around. The CAS guys love .32-20 lever actions. Epp's carries it. So does Shooter's Choice. Remington .32-20 rifle ammo runs $50.95 per 20. Don't use rifle ammo in your Nagant though.
Go here for good info on your revolver. http://www.surplusrifle.com/pistolm1895/index.asp
 
My 1944r Tula model is DA. Reloading is best for feeding it. I will be getting the dies, brass, & bullets & will be reloading for mine. Any Ottawa guy's want to get together & load a bunch of ammo just let me know.

George
 
Try SA and you will find Nagant is a very accurate revolver. 32-20 brass need to be resize before it fits Nagant as it is a bottle neck case.
If 32-20 does not fit your gun - it is because the rim is slight too thick to prevent the cylinder to rotate. You can buy a spare recoil plate(part#34) as spare and file it down to fit.
 
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