Great Article on British Revolvers

Indy45 · Post by **Indy45** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:26 pm

Guns and Ammo has on newstands now a great issue of Surplus Firearms including a 13-page article on "Sixguns of Empire", which covers all the British revolvers used from roughly 1850 through WWII.

All the Webley models are covered including a mention of the Webley MkVI as "considered by many experts to be one of the finest military revolvers ever." Nice photos of the different models and period ammo and holsters.

The issue also has articles on the Browning Hi-Power (another Indy gun), and the 7.62 Russian Nagant revolver, which looks a lot like the revolver used by Brendan Fraser in The Mummy. Nice thing about the 7.62 Nagant is that I've seen them for as ltttle as $79 at recent gun shows, although nicer ones ran $98 and ammo (a long brass 'shotshell' looking round) a little pricey as $25 for 40 cartridges.

136 pages for $7.99, worth picking up.

Regards,
Indy45

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:52 am

Cool!

Thanks for the info. I'm gonna have to see if I can pick one up in Sweden.

Regards,
Swindiana

hanson · Post by **hanson** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:53 am

Another good thing about the Russian Nagant revolver is that it is one of the few if not only production revolvers that can be successfully suppressed. The cylinder actually cams forward to the barrel to form a 'seal' between barrel and cylnder,thus preventing hot gases (noise) from escaping,which is why suppressing a revolver is pretty much bunk,unless you have someone build you one that has a cylindergap so tight it is usually called a 'race' gun. because they are so expensive, they are only used in competions with the gunsmiths on site to fix any problems or offer spare guns if one locks up. the Nagant is relatively low power and slow, so using the right ammo and suppressor combo could give you hours of shooting pleasure without those sweaty earmuff protectors. regards hanson

RC Halliburton · Post by **RC Halliburton** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:14 am

D'oh! I saw that magazine at the fine local convenience store a few weeks ago, and forgot to pick it up.
Wonder if there are any left, nestled behind "Lowrider" and "SoF"

Thanks for the info!

Texas Jones · Post by **Texas Jones** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:21 am

Isn't the Mummy revolver a French Model 1874 11MM Service Revolver?

That would make sense, as Rick was in the French Army (Foreign Legion?) prior to his escapades.