10-22-2006, 10:48 PM
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| Nagant 1895 revolver anybody knows where I can get left handed target grips for a target Nagant? |
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10-23-2007, 10:27 PM
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| Got one ordered I couldn't figure out how to do a new thread (old I guess) so heres a reply. I have a pistol ordered and am excited about getting it. What do you guys shoot in your revolvers? I heard you can use .32 S&W Long, .32 H&R Magnum. The regular Nagant ammo that I've seen is really expensive. Thanks for the input. Dave  |
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10-23-2007, 10:39 PM
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10-23-2007, 11:16 PM
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| I was wondering the same, do u have to get the conversion kit(cylinder) to shoot the 32 or is it the same size as the ammo intended, dgray64: I thought about ordering one through a dealer too, where did you find yours? |
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10-24-2007, 05:04 AM
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| The .32 S&W and .32 H&R Magnum ammo have smaller cases, so will expand in the chambers. It works, and a lot of shooters use it. But I prefer making reloads using .32-20 cases properly reformed - it's much closer to the original ammo and can be loaded again. The Nagant is one of the easiest guns to reload for. With it's low pressure loads, the cases will last forever.
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10-25-2007, 10:36 PM
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| I have ordered the Nagant through my local pawn shop (gun dealer). It should be here next week. I'll try the .32 loads first without any changes. I need to research the brass and bullet. Where are they found? Thanks for your help. Dave  |
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11-04-2007, 09:03 AM
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| I've run a bunch of .32 ammo through this little gun and love it!! I cleaned it first, then took it to the range in the pasture. I used .32 Long first and it shoots well...no recoil, not much noise. It took me a while to figure out the sights since it has a tall front blade and regular small rear sight. If it put about half the front sight above the rear sight, it was very accurate even in double action. It's a tight pull on the trigger, but to hit near the bulls eye every time is great fun! Later when I get a small lathe, I may try making my own rounds, but for now, the .32's work well. Actually, I saw a demo on the net where a guy put two layers of denim in front of a line of water filled milk jugs. I forgot what caliber he was shooting, but he only made it through the first jug, into the second one before it angled off to a tree. I want to test the .32, the .38. 9mm, 9mm Mak and .40 that way just for the fun of it. I'll let you know the results. Dave  I've run a bunch of .32 ammo through this little gun and love it!! I cleaned it first, then took it to the range in the pasture. I used .32 Long first and it shoots well...no recoil, not much noise. It took me a while to figure out the sights since it has a tall front blade and regular small rear sight. If it put about half the front sight above the rear sight, it was very accurate even in double action. It's a tight pull on the trigger, but to hit near the bulls eye every time is great fun! Later when I get a small lathe, I may try making my own rounds, but for now, the .32's work well. Actually, I saw a demo on the net where a guy put two layers of denim in front of a line of water filled milk jugs. I forgot what caliber he was shooting, but he only made it through the first jug, into the second one before it angled off to a tree. I want to test the .32, the .38. 9mm, 9mm Mak and .40 that way just for the fun of it. I'll let you know the results. Dave Werd is right!! I don't know how I did that, but it's a double range report.!! Dave Last edited by dgray64; 11-04-2007 at 09:05 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost |
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11-04-2007, 09:18 AM
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| Resident Armed Liberal  | I bought one for my son, and we rounded up a bunch of .32 H&R Magnum cowboy reloads at a local gun store. I don't know what they reloaded them with, but I think it was a mix of soot and shoe polish. Filthier than any Russian milsurp I've ever shot in my Mosin's, and I thought that stuff was bad. Took us forever to clean the poor little revolver. The revolver spit lead sometimes when we fired, too. We ordered a few hundred rounds of the Russian target ammo in the yellow boxes, and it works just fine. Not a whole lot of power in it, but those wadcutter bullets make the prettiest holes in paper; looks like they were done with a paper punch. We get a nice little puff of smoke every time we fire, and it smells kind of funky. But since the genuine Nagant rounds seal properly, the only thing that needs cleaning when we're done is the barrel itself. I think I have a picture somewhere of a little smoke cloud drifting away after a shot; I'll see if I can find it.
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11-04-2007, 10:04 AM
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| For Troy2000 and Toolman. Troy2000, where did you find the ammo in the yellow boxes and what did it cost? I'd love to shoot the real thing once. Thanks. Toolman, since you were talking grips, do you know how to get them off? The fastener looks like the end of a screw on each side. I'd like to get inside the handle to clean the little gun up, but don't want to break anything. Thanks for your help!! Dave |
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11-04-2007, 11:10 AM
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| I'm sure I saw and add in "shotgun news" about a firm selling a cylinder for the Nagant in .32 ACP. Check it out. |
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03-29-2008, 01:52 AM
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| If you price the ammo right now, you can sometimes get .32 S&W a little cheaper, and .32 ACP, but in general, all the ammo you can feed in a Nagant runs around 50 cents a round. I'm just stocking up on the Privi Nagant ammo, rather than use nonspec stuff. |
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03-29-2008, 08:30 PM
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| Awhile back I put a post up concerning Model 1895 Nagants in the Mosin-Nagant forum dealing with what calibers you can shoot in the Nagant revolver. That might be helpful. There's also an aftermarket cylinder available that replaces the stock 7.62 Nagant cartridge. It will enable you to shoot .32 ACP safely, although they still don't seal quite right on the forcing cone. (None of the alternate cartridges do. The net result is a 75 fps loss of velocity vs. 7.62 Nagant and a lot of cleaning to do after a range session.) The replacement cylinder costs about $75. A few clever dealers on gunbroker.com are selling Model 1895s with the .32 ACP cylinder provided and seem to be doing a good business with them. Given the current very limited availability of ammo made for the revolver, the replacement cylinder makes good sense to me. Given how many of the things have been imported and how cheaply they can be had, you'd think someone would be importing military surplus 7.62 Nagant ammo by the boatload, if the stuff was manufactured on anything like the scale of Mosin-Nagant rifle ammo. As this does not appear to be the case, it does make me wonder where all the Nagant ammo is being hidden. You don't suppose Wolf bought it all to pull the bullets and make ammo for the SKS and the AK, do you? |
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03-29-2008, 08:45 PM
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| Someone on THR has reamed the .32 ACP cylinder with a .32H&R mag reamer. It will also shoot .32 S&W and .32 long. Someone else said .32 Colt also works (Since that's what the .32ACP was based on). If it wasn't for the slow reloading and the trigger pull, it could be the ultimate SHTF revolver. |
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03-29-2008, 09:07 PM
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| I've got one and we shoot 32-20 brass thats been loaded through the special Lee dies for this combo,I hear you can use 30 carbine dies too. J&G sells a 32 acp cylinder for them, I bought one but have not used it yet, but I have about 500 of the 32-20 ones made up. you can also buy loaded shells for that cal. but they cost a little more. We load the 32-20 with the lead like a normal shell. The original has the lead inside the case and the cases are longer than 32-20 brass. The special lee dies are for 32-20 brass only not for the original brass and the dies are cheap to buy. |
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04-01-2008, 09:26 AM
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[quote=Cyrano;461937]Awhile back I put a post up concerning Model 1895 Nagants in the Mosin-Nagant forum dealing with what calibers you can shoot in the Nagant revolver. That might be helpful. There's also an aftermarket cylinder available that replaces the stock 7.62 Nagant cartridge./quote] The danged cylinder costs just as much as the gun!  Last edited by gandog56; 04-01-2008 at 09:27 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost | |
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04-15-2008, 10:10 AM
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04-15-2008, 10:13 AM
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