The purpose is to gather data
on the M1895 Nagant Revolvers and present an accurate picture on this little-known
piece for the C&R Community. I encourage all to participate as
the gathered information will allow collectors like ourselves to learn
more about these interesting handguns that many seem to have grabbed for
the novelty of it ;)
Before we go any further,
I do recommend that if you are unfamiliar with the general markings on
your revolver, please study them at my
M1895 page before attempting to complete this survey; that way, you
won't get 'stumped' here and then have to come back later to resubmit all
of your information.
(When filling out the
survey, please do not hit ENTER until you are ready to post the Survey)
1) What is the date
on your M1895 (found on the left sideplate) -examples: 1899, 1944:
If none or scrubbed, just write 'NONE'
2) Who was the manufacturer
of your M1895?
Liege
(Belgium) Proof - similar to this:
Tula
(Russia) - Imperial Proofs - similar to this:
Tula
(Russia) - Peter The Great stamping - similar to this:
Tula
(Russia) - Post-Imperial Proofs - similar to this:
Tula
(Russia) - PCCP stamping - similar to this:
Tula
(Russia) - CCCP stamping - similar to this: CCCP
Tula
(Russia) - An Arrow in a Star (see A below)
Tula
(Russia) - A Sceptre in a Star (see B below)
Tula
(Russia) - A Capital T in a Star (see C below)
Tula
(Russia) - A Tula Hammer in a Star (see D below)
Izhevsk
(Russia) - An arrow in a triangle (see E below)
ABCDE
Radom
(Poland)
Other
(please
clarify in comments section)
3) Is the original frame
Serial Number immediately preceded with Cyrillic Letters? Please
ignore any letters that are not directly part of the serial number
Yes
No
If the above answer
is yes, could you
please encode the prefixes according to this chart in the spaces below.
This is done by simply typing in the number (listed in red
below) that is immediately next to the Cryllic Letter (listed in black
below) found on the pistol :
Example: If your first character was A
and your second was C,
you would enter 1 in
the first block (A =
1above)
and 18 in the second
block (C = 18
above)
First Prefix Character:
Second Prefix Character:
If you are unable to identify
the proper characters from the frame, please look at the front of your
cylinder for more assistance. If that still doesn't help, email me
the English Characters and I will translate them for you.
4) What is the
original Serial Number (just the numerals) of your pistol (as found on
the frame in front of the cylinder):
[Please note
that this will be kept confidential and is for research purposes ONLY.
If you are still unsure about doing this, feel free to place a X in the
last 2 positions of the Serial Number - i.e. 25803 can be reported as 258xx]
5) Is your M1895 Single
Action-only or Single-/Double-Action?
Single-Action Only (means
you have to cock the hammer manually for each shot)
Single-/Double-Action
(means you can either manually cock it or fire by simply pulling the trigger)
What is the marking proof on
the hammer (small t in circle, Capital T, star, arrow-in-triangle, no marking,
etc.):
6) Does your M1895
have a rebuild stamp present under the date? (most look like this
but there are other variants)
Yes
No
7) What type of grips
does your M1895 have?
Wood
with small checkering - normally dark like walnut
Wood
with large checkering - normally light like birch
Bakelite/plastic
(reddish brown in color)
Other
(please describe in comments section)
8) What type of front
sight does your M1895 have?
Liege
'flat face' blade
Rounded
blade (no notch)
Rounded
blade with notch
Other
(please describe in comments section)
9) Are there any other
significant additional markings? (Finnish [SA], MO 52, etc.):
10) Who imported your M1895?
Non-Import
Century
Arms (CAI St Albans Vt)
CDI
(Swan Vt)
Other
(please describe in comments section)
Unknown
11) Any additional comments?:
Thank you very much for taking the time and completing this survey.
Again, as data is collected, I will prepare it for all to learn from.
If there are any photos of marks that you would like to forward (such
as unique frame stamps, unit markings, etc.), please feel free to send
them to [email protected] and I will attach them to your database entry.
NOTE: Hitting "Submit"
will send this email and return you to my M1895 Page. If you wish
to submit more, simply reclick on the Survey Link and fill this out again.
B
C
D
E
but there are other variants)
