Guns International #: 101634812
Seller's Inventory #: AH6460
“Nagant" is most often associated with the Model 1895 Russian Nagant revolver and as the second name in the Russian Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle. Despite the general assumption by most arms collectors that “Nagant" was a Russian, it is actually the last name of a pair of Belgian brothers, Emile and Leon Nagant. Sometime around 1867 the Nagant brothers met Samuel Remington during his visit to Europe and entered into a licensing arrangement to produce Remington’s Rolling Block designs. In 1877, the brothers received a patent for a single trigger, double hammer lock work that allowed a single trigger to be pulled twice, tripping the right and then left hammer sequentially with each successive pull. This patent along with two prior Belgian issued patents was utilized in the design of a new pistol for the Belgian mounted police. The Belgian Model 1877 Nagant Gendarmerie Pistol is a double-barreled, single trigger, double hammer, 9.4mm center fire metallic cartridge pistol based upon the Remington Rolling block design. In 1877, the Belgian government contracted for 2,000 pistols and made Nagant the exclusive supplier of police pistols through 1901. These pistols would remain in service through the turn of the century until they were replaced by Browning Model 1899 semi-automatic pistols in 1901. This pistol has a 5.5" pair of rifled barrels with excellent bores, joined by central rib and is about 10.5" in overall length. It has a somewhat awkwardly shaped, long grip with checkered walnut grips and a lanyard ring in the butt. The sights are simple and fixed, with the rear sight being a small notch in the top of the pivoting breech plate and the front sight a small blade. Once the hammers were cocked, it takes a very long and heavy trigger pull to release the right hand hammer, while the left hand hammer is released by a somewhat shorter and lighter trigger pull. They were carried in pommel holsters on the saddle, thus the holster wear found on most examples is usually fairly significant and the fact that the leather holsters often absorbed moisture means that most examples suffer from “poor storage" as well. However, with only 2,000 pistols produced, these guns are extremely scarce, particularly on the American firearms collecting market. This pistol is a fine condition example. It remains 100% complete, correct and original and has all matching serial numbers of 1380. This number appears on the left side of the barrel, the barrel web, the frame, both hammers, the breech block, both hammers, and the butt cap. It retains about 40% of the original blue finish, with the remainder turning a smooth, dull plum patina that blends well with the blue. The right side of the frame is stamped with the circular legend EM & L NAGANT LIEGE and with a small Lion Passant cartouche. It is also stamped under the barrel on the right side of the frame BREVET over NAGANT. The right breech of the barrel is stamped with the oval ELG* Liège proof mark, along with a * over K controller’s mark and an additional small inspection mark. The controller's mark is also found forward of the trigger guard. The bottom of the grip cap is stamped with the serial number and the W police issue marking. The markings are clear and legible. The pistol is in perfect mechanical condition and the action remains fine and crisp. The grips are solid and free of any breaks, cracks or repairs. The grips do show scattered bumps and dings with more moderate dings on the left grip panel. Overall, this is a solid, attractive all complete and correct example of a Belgian Model 1877 Nagant Gendarmerie Pistol. These are scarce guns with only 2,000 manufactured and are fairly rare on the collector market. They fall into multiple handgun collector categories, including police pistols, secondary Remington handguns and rolling block firearms, Nagant pattern arms and curiosa, as double-barreled cartridge pistols like this are somewhat uncommon. No matter what your area of collecting, this is a relatively uncommon pistol with a unique silhouette which will certainly be a nice addition to your collection.
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Guns International #: 101634812
Category - Military Pistols - German
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"Rare Nagant Belgian Model 1877 Gendarmerie Pistol (AH6460)
Description: " “Nagant" is most often associated with the Model 1895 Russian Nagant revolver and as the second name in the Russian Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle. Despite the general assumption by most arms collectors that “Nagant" was a Russian, it is actually the last name of a pair of Belgian brothers, Emile and Leon Nagant. Sometime around 1867 the Nagant brothers met Samuel Remington during his visit to Europe and entered into a licensing arrangement to produce Remington’s Rolling Block designs. In 1877, the brothers received a patent for a single trigger, double hammer lock work that allowed a single trigger to be pulled twice, tripping the right and then left hammer sequentially with each successive pull. This patent along with two prior Belgian issued patents was utilized in the design of a new pistol for the Belgian mounted police. The Belgian Model 1877 Nagant Gendarmerie Pistol is a double-barreled, single trigger, double hammer, 9.4mm center fire metallic cartridge pistol based upon the Remington Rolling block design. In 1877, the Belgian government contracted for 2,000 pistols and made Nagant the exclusive supplier of police pistols through 1901. These pistols would remain in service through the turn of the century until they were replaced by Browning Model 1899 semi-automatic pistols in 1901. This pistol has a 5.5" pair of rifled barrels with excellent bores, joined by central rib and is about 10.5" in overall length. It has a somewhat awkwardly shaped, long grip with checkered walnut grips and a lanyard ring in the butt. The sights are simple and fixed, with the rear sight being a small notch in the top of the pivoting breech plate and the front sight a small blade. Once the hammers were cocked, it takes a very long and heavy trigger pull to release the right hand hammer, while the left hand hammer is released by a somewhat shorter and lighter trigger pull. They were carried in pommel holsters on the saddle, thus the holster wear found on most examples is usually fairly significant and the fact that the leather holsters often absorbed moisture means that most examples suffer from “poor storage" as well. However, with only 2,000 pistols produced, these guns are extremely scarce, particularly on the American firearms collecting market. This pistol is a fine condition example. It remains 100% complete, correct and original and has all matching serial numbers of 1380. This number appears on the left side of the barrel, the barrel web, the frame, both hammers, the breech block, both hammers, and the butt cap. It retains about 40% of the original blue finish, with the remainder turning a smooth, dull plum patina that blends well with the blue. The right side of the frame is stamped with the circular legend EM & L NAGANT LIEGE and with a small Lion Passant cartouche. It is also stamped under the barrel on the right side of the frame BREVET over NAGANT. The right breech of the barrel is stamped with the oval ELG* Liège proof mark, along with a * over K controller’s mark and an additional small inspection mark. The controller's mark is also found forward of the trigger guard. The bottom of the grip cap is stamped with the serial number and the W police issue marking. The markings are clear and legible. The pistol is in perfect mechanical condition and the action remains fine and crisp. The grips are solid and free of any breaks, cracks or repairs. The grips do show scattered bumps and dings with more moderate dings on the left grip panel. Overall, this is a solid, attractive all complete and correct example of a Belgian Model 1877 Nagant Gendarmerie Pistol. These are scarce guns with only 2,000 manufactured and are fairly rare on the collector market. They fall into multiple handgun collector categories, including police pistols, secondary Remington handguns and rolling block firearms, Nagant pattern arms and curiosa, as double-barreled cartridge pistols like this are somewhat uncommon. No matter what your area of collecting, this is a relatively uncommon pistol with a unique silhouette which will certainly be a nice addition to your collection. SOLD Curio/Relic: Yes |
Guns International #: 101634812
Seller's Inventory #: AH6460
“Nagant" is most often associated with the Model 1895 Russian Nagant revolver and as the second name in the Russian Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle. Despite the general assumption by most arms collectors that “Nagant" was a Russian, it is actually the last name of a pair of Belgian brothers, Emile and Leon Nagant. Sometime around 1867 the Nagant brothers met Samuel Remington during his visit to Europe and entered into a licensing arrangement to produce Remington’s Rolling Block designs. In 1877, the brothers received a patent for a single trigger, double hammer lock work that allowed a single trigger to be pulled twice, tripping the right and then left hammer sequentially with each successive pull. This patent along with two prior Belgian issued patents was utilized in the design of a new pistol for the Belgian mounted police. The Belgian Model 1877 Nagant Gendarmerie Pistol is a double-barreled, single trigger, double hammer, 9.4mm center fire metallic cartridge pistol based upon the Remington Rolling block design. In 1877, the Belgian government contracted for 2,000 pistols and made Nagant the exclusive supplier of police pistols through 1901. These pistols would remain in service through the turn of the century until they were replaced by Browning Model 1899 semi-automatic pistols in 1901. This pistol has a 5.5" pair of rifled barrels with excellent bores, joined by central rib and is about 10.5" in overall length. It has a somewhat awkwardly shaped, long grip with checkered walnut grips and a lanyard ring in the butt. The sights are simple and fixed, with the rear sight being a small notch in the top of the pivoting breech plate and the front sight a small blade. Once the hammers were cocked, it takes a very long and heavy trigger pull to release the right hand hammer, while the left hand hammer is released by a somewhat shorter and lighter trigger pull. They were carried in pommel holsters on the saddle, thus the holster wear found on most examples is usually fairly significant and the fact that the leather holsters often absorbed moisture means that most examples suffer from “poor storage" as well. However, with only 2,000 pistols produced, these guns are extremely scarce, particularly on the American firearms collecting market. This pistol is a fine condition example. It remains 100% complete, correct and original and has all matching serial numbers of 1380. This number appears on the left side of the barrel, the barrel web, the frame, both hammers, the breech block, both hammers, and the butt cap. It retains about 40% of the original blue finish, with the remainder turning a smooth, dull plum patina that blends well with the blue. The right side of the frame is stamped with the circular legend EM & L NAGANT LIEGE and with a small Lion Passant cartouche. It is also stamped under the barrel on the right side of the frame BREVET over NAGANT. The right breech of the barrel is stamped with the oval ELG* Liège proof mark, along with a * over K controller’s mark and an additional small inspection mark. The controller's mark is also found forward of the trigger guard. The bottom of the grip cap is stamped with the serial number and the W police issue marking. The markings are clear and legible. The pistol is in perfect mechanical condition and the action remains fine and crisp. The grips are solid and free of any breaks, cracks or repairs. The grips do show scattered bumps and dings with more moderate dings on the left grip panel. Overall, this is a solid, attractive all complete and correct example of a Belgian Model 1877 Nagant Gendarmerie Pistol. These are scarce guns with only 2,000 manufactured and are fairly rare on the collector market. They fall into multiple handgun collector categories, including police pistols, secondary Remington handguns and rolling block firearms, Nagant pattern arms and curiosa, as double-barreled cartridge pistols like this are somewhat uncommon. No matter what your area of collecting, this is a relatively uncommon pistol with a unique silhouette which will certainly be a nice addition to your collection.
Guns International #: 101634812
Seller's Inventory #: AH6460
“Nagant" is most often associated with the Model 1895 Russian Nagant revolver and as the second name in the Russian Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle. Despite the general assumption by most arms collectors that “Nagant" was a Russian, it is actually the last name of a pair of Belgian brothers, Emile and Leon Nagant. Sometime around 1867 the Nagant brothers met Samuel Remington during his visit to Europe and entered into a licensing arrangement to produce Remington’s Rolling Block designs. In 1877, the brothers received a patent for a single trigger, double hammer lock work that allowed a single trigger to be pulled twice, tripping the right and then left hammer sequentially with each successive pull. This patent along with two prior Belgian issued patents was utilized in the design of a new pistol for the Belgian mounted police. The Belgian Model 1877 Nagant Gendarmerie Pistol is a double-barreled, single trigger, double hammer, 9.4mm center fire metallic cartridge pistol based upon the Remington Rolling block design. In 1877, the Belgian government contracted for 2,000 pistols and made Nagant the exclusive supplier of police pistols through 1901. These pistols would remain in service through the turn of the century until they were replaced by Browning Model 1899 semi-automatic pistols in 1901. This pistol has a 5.5" pair of rifled barrels with excellent bores, joined by central rib and is about 10.5" in overall length. It has a somewhat awkwardly shaped, long grip with checkered walnut grips and a lanyard ring in the butt. The sights are simple and fixed, with the rear sight being a small notch in the top of the pivoting breech plate and the front sight a small blade. Once the hammers were cocked, it takes a very long and heavy trigger pull to release the right hand hammer, while the left hand hammer is released by a somewhat shorter and lighter trigger pull. They were carried in pommel holsters on the saddle, thus the holster wear found on most examples is usually fairly significant and the fact that the leather holsters often absorbed moisture means that most examples suffer from “poor storage" as well. However, with only 2,000 pistols produced, these guns are extremely scarce, particularly on the American firearms collecting market. This pistol is a fine condition example. It remains 100% complete, correct and original and has all matching serial numbers of 1380. This number appears on the left side of the barrel, the barrel web, the frame, both hammers, the breech block, both hammers, and the butt cap. It retains about 40% of the original blue finish, with the remainder turning a smooth, dull plum patina that blends well with the blue. The right side of the frame is stamped with the circular legend EM & L NAGANT LIEGE and with a small Lion Passant cartouche. It is also stamped under the barrel on the right side of the frame BREVET over NAGANT. The right breech of the barrel is stamped with the oval ELG* Liège proof mark, along with a * over K controller’s mark and an additional small inspection mark. The controller's mark is also found forward of the trigger guard. The bottom of the grip cap is stamped with the serial number and the W police issue marking. The markings are clear and legible. The pistol is in perfect mechanical condition and the action remains fine and crisp. The grips are solid and free of any breaks, cracks or repairs. The grips do show scattered bumps and dings with more moderate dings on the left grip panel. Overall, this is a solid, attractive all complete and correct example of a Belgian Model 1877 Nagant Gendarmerie Pistol. These are scarce guns with only 2,000 manufactured and are fairly rare on the collector market. They fall into multiple handgun collector categories, including police pistols, secondary Remington handguns and rolling block firearms, Nagant pattern arms and curiosa, as double-barreled cartridge pistols like this are somewhat uncommon. No matter what your area of collecting, this is a relatively uncommon pistol with a unique silhouette which will certainly be a nice addition to your collection.