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

It looks like some commemorative piece or something that'd get given to an officer or something. Never seen anything like it...

Probably worth a pretty penny.

Gonna have to have a better photo then that to read it, let alone translate it.

rc

Here's a (slightly) better view:



The circular emblem looks like a hammer and sickle on a globe, surrounded by wheat sheaves, over a field, or perhaps a sunrise?

Do you have a flatbed scanner? Just lay the gun on the scanner and run it like you're scanning a sheet of paper, it usually works quite well.

I don't know but that sure is a cool piece of history! I'd hang on to it.

MikeJackmin said:

Here's a (slightly) better view:





Do you have a flatbed scanner? Just lay the gun on the scanner and run it like you're scanning a sheet of paper, it usually works quite well.

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Wouldn't it be cool if after making the scan, we could just make endless extra copies?

Looks like it might be an Honorary Presentation Weapon from the early years (1920's) of the Soviet Union. Your scans are terrible, so I can't make out the writing, but it does appear to be Cyrillic.

Don

I've got someone who could translate if you can get a readable pic. Maybe hit it with a little talc to make the letters stand out.

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What a great find. I never saw one quite like that.
My Nagant came out of the Tula factory in 1930 and I love the quirky little thing.
If you have a lathe .223s cut down and sized in .30 carbine dies will give cheap brass.
You will have to turn a small portion down near the base but it leaves a rim that works fine.

Wow, that is very different. I think you have a rare find there. Like said above, it is probably a presentation piece which means it could be one of a kind or one of very few.

CCCP = USSR

November 15, 1939


Now somebody who can really read Russian please do the rest.

Hello. The marking on the side plate is the USSR coat of arms. As for the plate - your version of it doesn't make any sense - sorry. You mixed Cyrillic with English letters. I can translate the text, but for that I will need a bigger and more contrast picture. As for "PBC CCCP" - it may stand for Revolutionary Military Council of USSR, but the RMC was dissolved in 1934. This revolver is a reward weapon, not a presentation piece and might have some significant value.

Boris

My wife is Russian. She can make little sense of the photo or transcription - you've got most of the cyrillic letters wrong.

But it's..

1st line: Tovarisch (comrade) (abbreviated form) followed probably by a name. If you could transcribe the letters accurately or get a better photo, she could ID the name.

2nd line: To "an organization..." she can't make out what organization because again, the letters are transcribed poorly.

3rd line: Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR.

4th line: K. E. Voroshilov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov

The linked Wiki article has the name as K Y Voroshilov, but in Russian the middle name Yefremovich is spelled with an E and he was the chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council.

Edited to add: Maybe just use some white crayon to bring out the lettering? The wife says you'll never get the transcription correct because it's in script rather than block letters.

can't wait to get all of the info on this. seems to have everyone stummped.

meanwhile, what's the story on how you got the thing?

Neat old gun. I hope you can get a good translation of the inscriptions. I could use a friend like yours who owns a gun store! Keep shootin'

Fascinating. Even if it had zero collector value, that is really nifty. Just as interesting would be the story of how such an unusual firearm came to your location in all these years, war trophy, smuggled with an immigrant, interesting.

KodiakBeer got most of it translated. The text translate to English as follows:

comrade Navrodski
from People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs
and the chairmen of the Revolutionary Military Council of USSR
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov

tov/arish/ Navrodskamu
ot Narkomvoenmora
i pred/sedateliam/ RVS SSSR
K. E. Voroshilova

It seems that you have some quite interesting and rare revolver, given by a very famous and of high rank Russian official. Congratulations.

Boris