Anyone seen a nagant revolver like this, what do I have?

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Ive contacted the NRA. I hope they are interested in featuring it in American rifleman or one of there many publications or t.v shows. It would be nice if they could give me an accurate appraisal. It is awesome that all this hunting I have been doing for unique milsurp stuff may have paid off.

Happy milsurp collector here!
 
I have a book "Soviet Small-Arms and Ammunition", written by D.N. Bolotin, and it has a picture of a similar arm, including the coat of arms on the sideplate, blued frontsight and darker than usual grips, but without the plaque on the grip. The picture is titled "Nickle plated presentational award Nagant revolver", and the text says "[...] from 1918 until 1930, a presentation sabre and a revolver with the insignia of the Order of the Red Banner let into its grip were the ultimate rewards for commanding officers in the field."

Congratulations, now go and find the sabre too!
 
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The connections this brings up are amazing. A great piece of history that shows how small and delicate our world really is that something like this can show up half a world away.

This sort of find isn't your commonplace antique Shaker chamberpot. While there are likely a few hundred around they are scattered around the world with most of them in Russia. Likely you'll need some patience and need to get more than a couple of varying apraisals to get any idea of what something like this is worth.

In your last set of pictures the big fat screw head at the top of the grips just below the hammer sure doesn't look like it is an original part. It may be worth shopping around to see what it SHOULD look like and replace the screw with a proper part. On the other hand if it was a field repair by Navrodski then it may be worth keeping it as it sits now.
 
for insurance reasons. I will give you $20000. Tell them you had a offer of 20000. Just don't tell them I will be signing over 20000 of my debt. No really it is a cool gun. I wish I had friends give me stuff like that.
 
Norom, I'd be very surprised if it shot anything other than the proper .762 Nagant round. Wiki it if you've never heard of the stuff.

A very odd revolver. To my knowledge the only widely produced model that ever used the self sealing cylinder gap style of operation.
 
Norom, I'd be very surprised if it shot anything other than the proper .762 Nagant round.
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7.62 Nagant (7.62x38MM).

Nagant revolvers will also shoot .32 S&W Long and .32 H&R Magnum, although it won't gas-seal properly with those, and it may split cases. I would not -- repeat NOT -- shoot those in your gun, and I probably wouldn't shoot it at all if I were you. But I'm not you, so do what you want. ;) (You can get a Nagant for $99 from J&G if you want a shooter.)

Have I mentioned that that's one of the coolest firearms I've seen in a long, long, long time? If it's a Winter War era piece, it's doubly interesting to me, since I had relatives on the other side of that conflict.
 
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roccoracer said:
I will not be shooting this revolver. I just take it out and stare at it.


Thank you for looking
Scott
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That is very special weapon and you should cherish it. The original owner was probably shot in back of the head by NKVD or sent to camp east of the Urals. You know the usual gesture of appreciation from Uncle Joe for job well done for Mother Russia.
 
I recieved a response from the appraiser. It is his opinion that it should be valued at between $5k and $7500. And it is possible it could go for more at a live auction with documentation.


Thank you for looking
Scott
 
Can someone tell me how to take the side plate off. I want to make sure the serial number matches and I dont want to damage it.


Thank you for looking
Scott
 
I just wanted to check in. I still have the Nagant and I am still trying to find some definitive history on Mr Navrodski. Can anyone help with that.
 
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