Comparing a Belgian and Russian made 1895 Nagant Revolver

I'm a novice when it comes to Nagant revolvers, but figured this may be entertaining and possibly informative. Don't forget to click that subscribe button if you enjoyed the content.

[@TheMosinCrate]

Production Numbers by factory and date of the 1895 Nagant Revolver. russianrevolvers.com/nagant_production.html This is not my website, just passing it on to anyone interested.

[@Douglas-Ops]

The Mosin Crate p.s. thanks for the link!

[@johnsheppard1476]

I would have been really happy to buy the Belgian one!I live in Canada for now and so I am kinda limited to Pre-1898 handguns but I use those extensively and carry one in the container with me everywhere and shoot it where it is legal (which means anywhere in the huge forest that starts about half a mile from my place)! And I want to add an antique Nagant to my collection!I have an early Luxembourg contract model of 1884 in 9,4×22mm Belgian-it's an outstanding gun that actually works with smokeless powder and I load it pretty hot!So I use the bullets from Makarov because they are identical to the original ordnance in diameter and these 93 grain FMJ bullets in my case actually vastly exceed the speed of sound from a 6.75" long barrel (Luxembourg contract model of 1884 for gendarmerie has the longest barrel of all the 1878 pattern Nagant revolvers)!Actually average chronograph results are 1500 fps in my case and as I figured out this bullet actually acts almost like an off button for whitetail deer at close ranges most of the time! And although I also load my French Mle 1892 to the same muzzle energy with a heavier(surprisingly it is heavier despite the lower diameter)120 grain FMJ bullets-but I never observed such results with them!Must be the shape of the Makarov bullet making the difference! Anyway,the gas seal is a wonderful system and so I really want to get my hands on an antique M-1895!

[@Douglas-Ops]

Terrific, thanks for posting. One of my favorites and an early buy in my collection. 1930 Tula, $85, excellent condition w/holster etc. I’ll never get rid of it, 90yo and still runs like new. Thanks for sharing these gems! 👍🏼

[@nicholasstilley2370]

What gets me is why regular WW2 era ones have such high prices now, from what I hear these things shoot and work horribly, but I can somehow buy an unbubbad Enfield for less than a Nagant revolver it baffles me

[@user-tw2jp6mv2b]

These revolvers were also produced at the Izhevsk arms factory. In the 30 years, the revolver of 1898 underwent arsenal repair, sights testify to this. Sorry for broken English. They look at you in Russia too

[@TheMosinCrate]

I've got a 1944 Izhevsk Nagant revolver that's one of my favorites, it's the only other 1895 Nagant I own actually. Thanks for posting!

[@user-tw2jp6mv2b]

@@TheMosinCrate Interesting fact: You cannot buy a gun or revolver in Russia. This is forbidden in our country. So it turns out that most of the Soviet weapons are not in Russia but in your America

[@newpeupyoass]

2:20, When you said "The Communists left a mark" for a second I thought you were referring to the import mark and making a joke.

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

Me too!

[@user-tw2jp6mv2b]

The revolver was undergoing arsenal repairs. Here's a trace for you . Greetings from Russia

[@ratagris21]

Great info. I have several of them including a competition model.

[@Viper0hr]

I'm lucky to have a very nice Nagant with a very light nice trigger. best I've seen by far for any I've handled. Bought it from JG for $100, good times.

[@jonasdeejee890]

Does the Belgian one feel like better quality?

Nagant revolvers are cool looking, not worth the prices at all, but are cool looking.

[@TheMosinCrate]

I need to get the time machine fixed. Back in 2014 I was walking into gun stores here locally and finding entire crates of them for $100 each. From a utility standpoint, I agree, under-powered with horrible triggers. From a historical standpoint they are fascinating and worth the $350 they bring now.(My .2)

@@TheMosinCrate They might be worth $100, might. It's kinda of like our current exchange markets, still woefully inflated or like the beanie baby craze that jacked the prices for those stuffed dumb things way past their worth, you couldn't give those things away 2 years later. It's all junk, might look cool but junk. There's an old saying: you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still just a pig, that one never made it to Afghanistan though and they're still having sex with animals. LMAO

[@greathornedowl3644]

Wow, great looking guns for their age! I will have to check them out.

[@Archimedes616]

Question: Are you aware of any Belgian Nagants that were produced with smooth, non-checkered wooden grip panels? I've seen online photos of old Belgian Nagants that had checkered grip panels that were worn smooth by much handling, the scant remains of checkering visible at the top of the panels. But I swear that I once saw a Belgian Nagant that had smooth grip panels with absolutely no evidence that the grip panels had ever been checkered.

[@barryrickert6544]

cool video. informative, thanks Alden, stay safe. (:

[@AA-dn8dj]

I watched this one show with a female character who sometimes spoke in spanish, and whenever she spoke english she spoke it perfectly with no accent, but whenever she switched to spanish she would get this really thick accent. The whole thing was annoying since it would break up the flow and pace of whatever she was saying because of the very very noticeable switch in accent/

[@Drebin-8427]

Have you heard any rumors of anyone trying to import more of these? I'd love to have one but the current price on gunbroker is about $800 for a clean one.

[@GoreTorn16]

Would these antiques be considered a non FFL?

[@TheMosinCrate]

Yes, most firearms 1898 or older is considered an antique by the ATF and can be shipped directly to an adult assuming there are no local laws/regulations saying otherwise.(Places like HI I believe do not recognize Antique status?)

[@GoreTorn16]

@@TheMosinCrate I would trade in my current 1933 dated Nagant Revolver for that!

[@dennisyoung4631]

Dispensers of “the nine grams…”

[@pinkeye00]

Where you can find these, these days?

[@TheMosinCrate]

pretty much gbroker(I say g to avoid the youtube censors, not to sound lazy/cool lol) or r g u n s has some still I think.

[@pinkeye00]

@@TheMosinCrate ty. I keep forgetting this since I've been cooped up for months now.

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

Even with the terrible trigger and even worse cartridge, the Nagant revolver fits the hand very well. I almost wish I had purchased a few while they were cheap. A bigger regret is not buying more Russian TT33s when they were $150 CAD less than ten years ago.

[@-alfavucjak]

It would’ve been cool if zastava arms made their own during ww1

[@Mosin-lf7wl]

Hi Chris!

[@chriswinchester1255]

Hi dad!

[@mikeblair2594]

I'm surprised the import Mark missed the imperial mark. Those guys at c.a.i. are horrible about marking.

[@biggrex]

Never heard anyone in person call it anything but Moh-zin Nuh-gawnt, guess I'm sheltered, lol.

[@TheMosinCrate]

I've been collecting for over 15 years now, very rarely do I hear it pronounced correctly, even by collectors who have 100+ Mosin Nagant rifle collections. The only time it's usually pronounced correctly is for informative/educational videos. I only do say "Moe-seen Nuh-Gone" to prevent the correction nazis from getting an excuse to thrill us with their boundless wikipedia knowledge lol.

[@poindexter1387]

I had a chance of buying one of these in unissued condition for $99.00 dollars also with holster and cleaning kit. I thought I had all the time in the world to buy surplus. 😠

[@TheMosinCrate]

You and me both. I remember a store called Sovereign Guns in Fuquay-Varina NC had a crate of 20 or so sitting on top of the counter. $89.99 your choice with all the trimmings. "Eh I'll wait and get one next month." Next month(at that time 2013) turned into 4-5 years later only to find them $250-300.. Now they're $350 minimum. Darn.

[@holdenreed]

Tease

[@user-co4rs7ob1t]

,,Спасибо,, последнему русскому царю....благодаря его глупости приняли на вооружение эту железяку! Хотя фирмы ,,смит - вессон,, и ,,кольт,, предлагали системы более удобные и быстрые в заряжании и разряжании.Поэтому русские офицеры таскали с собой постоянно саблю - 7 раз пальнул и давай махать саблей....идиотизм последнего царя не знал пределов...

[@samy7013]

Very true!