I was wondering if anyone had ever successfully fitted an after market .32 acp cylinder to one of these 1895 revolvers. Any suggestions are welcome. Some advice please!?
I have also heard of this done. Although, it could be possible that some slight "smithing" may need to be done for a fit. I just ordered me my first Nagant revolver last night from J&G. I did not opt for the .32 ACP cylinder. I just bucked up and bought 100 rds of 7.62 Nagant Hotshot from them too. Hoping soon to also acquire a Romanian TTC as well.
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"Shotgun News" ran an article, a few months back, titled "Gunsmithing the Russian Nagant" (Treasury Volume 8). It detailed how to install a 32 acp cylinder, as well as how to improve the trigger pull. You may be able to backorder that issue. I only saved the "trigger pull" part of the article, as that was what I was interested in (good info, by the way).
Oh, I have frequented Classic Arms before. I bought one of my Steyr M95s from them. Thought of buying a lot of other stuff from them too! Thought about buying one of their repro 91/30 snipers, but never did. Lots of shoulda, woulda, couldas from there.
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Is it a common thing to lose the ability to consistently fire double action once you install the .32 acp cylinder?
This appears to be the case with mine. It fires as single action just fine, but will not always engage in double. I realize I don't have much invested in this gun. I bought it for the novelty. But just wondering if any have had success improving its efficiency.
Thnaks for the Shotgun News advice. I will definitely look that one up.
Eh, it's effectively single-action already, given the trigger pull.
You can fire .32 S&W, .32 S&W Long, and .32 H&R Magnum in the Nagant with no cylinder change. It doesn't look like .32 Long is much different in price form .32 ACP, although perhaps harder to find.
