At the end of the nineteenth century, the pistol world was definitely the territory of the revolver. Since the metal-loaded, cross-pinned French Litherford revolver came out in 1854, the Colt revolver has become a symbol of the American West, and the Webbley revolver has become a favorite of the corrupt nation. But the revolver in some European countries was still in the market vacancy, which would lead to the advent of a revolver called the Nagant, and the unique airtight design immediately attracted the attention of the Tsar at that time.
Let's start with The company, Nagant, whose entire journey was the arsenal of Emile-Leon Nagant. In other words, the founders of the factory are the brothers Emile Nagant and Leon Nagant. This Leon Nagant was also the same designer who developed a Mosin-Nagant rifle with Maozi. In the early days, the Nagant Arms Factory was just a small shop for gun repairs in Liège, Belgium. But what do you think Liège is? The famous FN – the location of the Herstal state-owned factory. The gun repair business flourished, and by 1867, the Nagant brothers met Samuel Remington (the son of Remington's founder) who had traveled to Europe to find a foundry, and then received a big order to make 5,000 Reminton Roll Block Rifles.
In 1878, the 9 mm Nagant revolver was the first to equip the Belgian army. Subsequently, Norway, Sweden, Mexico, Poland and other countries have also purchased. Of course, the most successful and largest application of the Nagant revolver was in Tsarist Russia. In 1894, Tsarist Russia began to tender for new standard pistols, the requirements of which were as follows
1, at 25-35 meters can shoot down a horse.
2, light weight less than 922 grams, preferably about 825 grams.
3. The ammunition capacity must be 7 rounds.
4. Must be of the same caliber as the Mosin Nagant rifle, so that the barrel can be used universally.
5, must be a one-handed gun - Maozi feels that double movement will affect the accuracy.
6, in order to reduce the manufacturing costs, you have to load a hair, can not be like other revolvers folded open or side open loading.
7. Smokeless gunpowder and black powder can be used.
Unsurprisingly, the Nagant brothers, who had just finished working with Tsarist Russia to complete Mosin Nagan, managed to win the bid for a new pistol. Moreover, the Nagant revolver sold to Tsarist Russia has a new characteristic, the airtightness is very good, which is also the biggest difference between the Nagant revolver and other revolvers.
When the Nagant revolver pulls the trigger, the nest will move forward to the barrel tail hole
This is then combined with the characteristic submerged bullet so that the front of the shell is embedded in the stomach of the barrel when the trigger is pulled. Therefore, the air tightness of the Nagant revolver is much better than that of other revolvers, and the gunpowder gas of the bullet can be used to maximize efficiency. This design increased the initial velocity of his bullet by about 45 m/s.
In addition, ordinary revolvers will have the problem of air leakage at the junction of the nest and barrel, waste gas efficiency, not to mention, side leakage of gas is also easy to hurt hands or hurt people, and Nagant will not.
Another is that the revolver generally cannot use the silencer because of the side air leakage, because even if the muzzle is used to reduce the gas pop of the chamber, the side air leakage pop cannot be solved. Because Nagant does not have this side leakage problem, he can use a silencer. At the same time, he also continued the usual characteristics of Maozi weapons, and Maozi officer even said that you can fix this thing with a hammer...
Well, the advantages are over. It's time to complain about its shortcomings, because the most cheap and easy to produce, so Nagant's bullet nest can not be opened like other revolvers, you either take it down in its entirety, but this is slow. Therefore, students who have played P1895 in Chicken should know that the loading of this product is really not generally slow. You have to pull out the front retraction lever, then push the empty bullet out one shot at a time, and then reload the new bullet back.
Of course, if you are skilled, you can also take a shot back, just like in the game. But it's still very slow... When your Nagant finishes shooting bullets, the best thing to do is to hit the enemy with a hammer.
Of course, as a military pistol. On the battlefield, you really have to rely on the revolver to fight hard, and it doesn't matter if you are fast or not, this batch of revolvers is simple and durable. The most critical thing is the advantage of installing silencers, until World War II and even the Vietnam War, it was still used by the secret police or sentry in large quantities.