1882 Ordnance Revolver

[Drake]

A couple videos I took showing the unloading/loading of this revolver and the function of the Abadie gate disconnecting the hammer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwzBVrlvmio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW34zJdzGHs

[Niner]

Neat how that pistol reloads. It's a wonder the Russians didn't steal that idea for the Nagant pistols.

[joseyclosey]

Yep, it really speeds up the reload.

Joe

[Drake]

Neat how that pistol reloads. It's a wonder the Russians didn't steal that idea for the Nagant pistols.

While the Nagant brothers didn't use an Abadie gate but the Italian Bodeo revolvers did.

[Guisan]

Drake here some additional info, your revolver dates from 1918.

Guisan.

[Drake]

Drake here some additional info, your revolver dates from 1918.

Guisan.

Outstanding! That's just the information I've been trying to find! Thanks for the help.

I haven't been able to get my hands on a holster for this revolver yet, but I have seen a few stocks sell on Gunbroker for upwards of $1000! Does anyone have a photo of a box of military issue ammunition? I've seen a few boxes of 7.5 Swedish Nagant, I've been told this shares the same dimensions, but I'd like to see the Swiss label. I only have one round of Swiss-made ammo headstamped
5
D T
60
- the rest I have is Fiocchi.

[Guisan]

Revolver stocks were private purchases and are rare, there is no such thing as an ammo pouch for the revolvers as the holster has loops under the flap to store extra ammo.
A shoulder strap came with the holster as well as a small leather pouch with a cleaning kit and a grease container.

Here is an older packing with the additional "emergency" or pocket ammo label on it, that was the packing that was kept sealed at home with the revolver only to be opened in case of a sudden war or invasion to reach the location were the soldiers rally.
http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard ... topic/5454

Swiss military revolver ammo was made till the early seventies.

There is quite a lot of Swiss 1882 revolver info around at our board so feel free to dig through it...
http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard ... arch+Forum

Guisan.

[Krull]

Neat old revolver,always wanted to get my hands on one of these funky old ones...but shells are to get,guess I'll have to settle on a Nagant from Russia (at least I can stuff .32 S&W in it!)

Or better yet stick with my P1's

7.5,that means it's a .30 right? wonder if you could use .30 Luger bullets for reloading it.

[Drake]

7.5,that means it's a .30 right? wonder if you could use .30 Luger bullets for reloading it.

7.65 Luger bullets are a bit undersize at 0.308" - the same diameter as 7.65 Borchardt, 7.63 Mauser, 7.62 Tokarev and 7.63 Mannlicher. The 7.5 Swiss bullet is 0.317". .32 S&W and .32 Colt bullets are closer - around 0.313". A hollow base lead bullet might work in these loads but the Swiss bullet is around 105gr - considerably heavier than .32 S&W bullets I've encountered.

7.5 Swedish Nagant is interchangeable with 7.5 Swiss - not that it's much easier to find.

[Krull]

I see it has an odd bullet=yikes! ok that puppy'd be a tad hard to load for! one reason I love my 7.5 Swiss K31 is the fact it uses .308 bullets,so I can reload for it.