Nagant Revolver

Specifications

Type: Handgun (Revolver)

Caliber: 7.62x38R

Capacity: 7 round Cylinder

Fire Modes: Double Action

Russian Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo). This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time Issued weapon.

The Nagant M1895 uses a special trigger mechanism to both rotate the cylinder and push it forward when the trigger is pulled. The better seal presented by the cylinder and the frame of the revolver makes it quieter and more powerful due to better gas containment. The trade off is an extremely heavy trigger pull, up to 20 pounds in double action. It is notable that this is one of the very few revolvers that can be fitted with a sound suppressor and used effectively due to the gas sealing system. This unique solution also eliminates the risk of injuries attained if the hand of the operator is near the front of the cylinder.

The Russian Nagant M1895 Pistol was seen in the following:

Film

• Red Army men and White Army soldiers in Chapaev (1934)

• Chinese officer in The Hunters (1958)

• Chinese officer in pilot episode of The Champions (1968)

• Anatoly Kuznetsov as Fyodor Sukhov and several other characters in White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni) (1969)

• Bank robbers and hitmen in Vabank (1981) and Vabank II (1985); mostly used with sound supressors

• Vladimir Golovin as Baron in Cold Summer of 1953 (Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego) (1987)

• Deactivated example in Romper Stomper (1992)

• Several characters in the Russian film Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994) set during Stalin's purges of the officer corps.

• Commissar officers in Enemy at the Gates (2001)

• Olga Sutulova as Nina Tsvetkova in Attack on Leningrad (2007)

• Michael Berryman as Col. Petrov in Brother's War (2009)

• Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes (2009)

• David Young as Stephen in They Walk (2010)

• Russian lieutenant in Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost), The (2010)

Television

• Vladimir Vysotsky as Gleb Zheglov, and several MUR officers and "Black Cat" gang robbers in The Age of Mercy (Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya) (1979)

Video Games

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour

• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and expansion packs:

• Spearhead Expansion Pack (the Berlin mission and in mutiplayer mode for the Russians).

• Breakthrough Expansion (in mutiplayer mode for the Russians)

• Vietcong 2 used by NVA/VC soldier (silenced)

• Silent Storm (as Nagant 1910, as well as a silenced version)

• Team Fortress 2, in heavily customized form, as the "L'Etranger"

• NCIS: The Video Game (on poster)

Belgian Nagant M1878 revolver

Belgian Nagant M1878 revolver - 9.4mm Nagant

Several other variations of Nagant were produced throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This includes the Belgian M1878 and M1878-86 in 9.4mm, the Norwegian M1883 in 7.5mm, the Swedish M1887 in 7.5mm, the Serbian M1891 in 7.5mm, the Brazilian M1893 in .44 caliber and several others.

Film

• Sean Patrick Flanery as Indiana Jones uses a Belgian Nagant M1878 in 9.4mm in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Swedish Nagant M1887 revolver

Swedish Nagant M1887 revolver - 7.5mm Nagant

Television

• Swedish M1887s are seen throughout Reilly: Ace of Spies (1984), standing in for the Russian M1895 which at that time was quite rare in the West.

Video Games

• Seen in a safe in Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer (2009).