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Howdy all,

I have a question about Russian Nagant Revolvers.

About a year ago you could find them plentiful for about $100. Now you cannot find them at all and when you do they are about $300. Any ideas anyone?

Advise when possible.

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A couple of theories...the available supply has dried up significantly (collectors have squirreled away many), and for whatever reason there was actually 7.62 Nagant ammo available even in the darkest ammo shortage days. After shooting one I can tell you it is not because it is easy to use, has great ergonomics or superb accuracy :(.
 
Panic!

The popular guns and ammo went first followed by everything else. Collectors who don't care about modern guns or specialize in Russian or ww2 firearms saw an opportunity to buy buy buy before it's all banned. They bought up the ammo and guns
 
I liked mine overall. Ergos were fine, trigger was on the heavy side but not bad. However back when I had mine there was almost no ammo
 
I actually have a Husqvarna Nagant revolver that I bought some years back for somewhere between 75 and 125 or 150 dollars. On the low end, I think. Because it was interesting, even with the weird, custom made grips someone stuck on it. Grips are available but I just never bothered to change them. I probably should. Actually, I should probably sell it or trade up to a S&W for my real collection. But it's just so weird looking! I leave it on my hearth as living room decoration!

***GRJ***
 
In a word; BANIC!

During last years feeding frenzy folks bought up everything will little thought about how practical it was and availability of ammo for it.
 
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It's RUSKIEMANIC when it comes to anything that's offered from the surplus Russian military guns.

You can still find the 7,62 nagant ammo if you search for it. There is Russian surplus and priv-partisan New ammo available. You can purchase new starline brass too.

Search for this Russian nagant revolver too. There's a few online dealers that specialize in military surplus weapons. This Russian nagant revolver is way past the Mack truck toughness. It's army strong.

If you want to see this nagant revolver in the movies watch The Enemy at the Gates.

Don't forget to look at the surplus military Czech CZ 82 in 9mm makarov too. Handgun pistol wise this is the hottest military surplus pistol to hit our shores in a longtime.

Beaware of a Swedish Husqvarna M40 in 9mm luger too in your travels.

You could find yourself turning into a surplus military collector too. Don't be afraid of the cosmoline side. Grab one of those blue tubs with a lid from Wal-Mart with some kerosene and a soft brush. You will get to a point just the smell of cosmoline will turn you on.
 
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Answer About Russian Nagant Revolvers:

Yes, they generally have horrid triggers! ;)

I hope you find one, OP.
 
It's like Thell never win a beauty or best design contest but there unique in there own way and will grow on you. These are still model 1895 nagant revolvers. These have been around as long as some s&w models. They probably been in service longer than any other revolver. The 1920 era dated revolvers seem to be sought after. The 1930's too like any pre-ww 2 gun. I have the 1930 nagants.
 
TenTea said:
Answer About Russian Nagant Revolvers:

Yes, they generally have horrid triggers! ;)

I hope you find one, OP.
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Nothing horrid about the triggers our s&w revolvers are more refined. It's good to have a gun from the old world.
 
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Rhetorician said:
Howdy all,

I have a question about Russian Nagant Revolvers.

About a year ago you could find them plentiful for about $100. Now you cannot find them at all and when you do they are about $300. Any ideas anyone?

Advise when possible.

:confused:
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No frustration like wanting something you cannot have or cannot get any longer I suppose?

Seriously, if anyone runs across a Russian Nagant Revolver at a reasonably price please at least send me a hyperlink so I can "have first right of refusal," OK?

Thanks. :confused:
 
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BigBill said:
Nothing horrid about the triggers our s&w revolvers are more refined. It's good to have a gun from the old world.
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You must have got lucky or bought one that had been fettled. The DA trigger on mine is heavy with quite a hitch at the end of the travel. SA it shoots OK.
 
Well I wouldn't call it horrid. It's an old world revolver made by Russian craftsman that focused on ruggedness over smoothness lets say they couldn't be fired by accident.
 
BigBill said:
Well I wouldn't call it horrid. It's an old world revolver made by Russian craftsman that focused on ruggedness over smoothness lets say they couldn't be fired by accident. Does that make them safer having a harder trigger pull?
They are unique so much that the Swiss and Swedes copied it?

I'll bet these are so rugged you could beat nails with it. Just kidding. But it's a nice example as to where European revolvers once were and where we are today. Let's say the Rossi, the Taurus and llama revolvers don't look that bad now do they. But probably in dependability and reliability the old world nagant probably won't fail you. I still am impressed with the cylinder gap closing up as it fires. That's an awesome thought for the late 1800's. They did have the 44 Russian s&w revolver at this time right?
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They had a plethora of firearms at that time. Belgian, American, Russian, German. During ww1 and the Russian revolution there were soldiers. ...officers armed with American repeating rifles chambered in the Russian 7.62 x54.....winchester 1895

The Tokarev was an over reaction response to the anemic Nagant caliber
 
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The supply of the cheap, usually refinished revolvers has dried up and the market has driven the price up with that. It happens with every surplus item offered. Somewhere in the $200 to $300 area seems to be the asking price of late when they are placed out for sale.
This has driven the Swede and other nationality Nagants up as well.
What were $150 dollar VG/Exc condition variations a couple years ago are now $500 and up.
Get 'em while you can,,and hang on to them.

The only Russian made Nagant I've ever had was a 1930's mfg and SA (Finn) marked.
Non-import marked, little (no!) finish on it but not reblued or messed with. I sold it for what was a lot of $$ 10 or 12yrs ago. Probably worth twice that now,,but a dollar's worth about 1/2 of what it was so I hope I'm keeping even!
Still have a Belgian mfg Swedish issue Nagant packed away. Nice revolver. Never shot it, seems like 32S&WLong will work in those butI never did anything with it..
32-20 can be used or altered to be used in the Russian Nagant I believe.
 
One of the many guns I should have bought. A few years ago at one of the Albuquerque NM gun shows, I found a target Nagant: target grips, target sights, etc. It semed to be only single action and may have had some lockwork problems. It was keee deep in coslmoline. I'd alreaydy bought enthusiastically, and reluctantly let that one go. Wish I had it now.
 
BSA1 said:
In a word; BANIC!

During last years feeding frenzy folks bought up everything will little thought about how practical it was and availability of ammo for it.
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I'm sorry that I have been away for a while. Seems my employer wanted overtime and I wanted a paycheck. :rolleyes:

I can't claim credit for the term "Banic" as I am sure others have used it but it is intended as a combination of the anti-gun policies of the Obama Administration and the lack of trust in the Government by many citizens.

Thank you for the kind words.
 
I had one that was single action only and paid around $115 for it awhile back. It had the longest firing pin on a hammer I have ever seen.
I tried to like it, but I failed.
It's been gone for over a year now, and I don't miss the thing.
 
There were/are drop-in cylinders for these in .32 ACP that work great - haven't shot mine with the original ammo/cylinder yet. SA pull is ok and the DA pull feels like you are pulling the barrel back with your index finger to meet the cylinder :).
 
Correction the Swedish and Swiss revolvers are older than the Russian nagant. Did the Russians copy them? The Russian nagant is 1895 while the Swede and Swiss revolvers are in the 1880's think.

Swedish revolver was issued in 1887. Not a nagant.

Swiss revolver was 1882 not a nagant.

Russian nagant revolver was 1895.

The Swedish and Swiss revolvers are 7,5mm which makes them 30cal. These assembled bullets are not the same.

The Swiss k31 rifle in 7,5mm Swiss is 7,5 x 55, 30cal bullet while the French MAS rifles use the 7,5mm French is 7,5 x 54 it's 30cal. Too. Again both rounds are not the exact same. The MAS rifles are the m36,
M51, m45, m49, & m49/56 etc.
 
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Nagant, in Belgium, designed the Swedish and Swiss revolvers. Later Nagant produced an improved design, with the gas check feature; it was adopted by Russia, and most of them were built in Russia. Russia made two designs: a single action only for NCOs and a double action for officers. I think the single actions are scarce.

Still later Nagant designed a gas check revolver with a swing-out cylinder, but I don't think anyone adopted it.

Nagant went bankrupt in the 1920s; Poland bought the tooling for the Russian design from Nagant and produced some revolvers for the Polish military before the VIS 35 was adopted. The Polish Nagants are rare.
 
murphydog said:
There were/are drop-in cylinders for these in .32 ACP that work great - haven't shot mine with the original ammo/cylinder yet. SA pull is ok and the DA pull feels like you are pulling the barrel back with your index finger to meet the cylinder :).
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From what I recall the .32 replacement cylinders don't always work. It seems there were subtle changes in the Nagant build standard over the decades.
 
There was some Russian manufactured .762 nagant ammo by the case and by the box around somewhere. It was affordable but so was the 7.62 x 25 tokarev ammO too.
 
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