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Nasant
The first thing that strikes when examining this
revolver is the brand
Nasant 7,5 in a circle!
The gun has all the look of a 7,5
Nagant
but the brand is counterfeit. It is a copy from Liège in view of the following
hallmarks of the proofhouse :
ELG * in a crowned oval: definitive acceptance after 1893.
G* and AD*: Controller countersigns, in use from 1877 to 1968.
R
crowned: rifled barrel, in use from 1894 to 1968.
The weapon also bears the following markings:
Under the brand
Nasant 7,5,
another completely illegible brand!
The numbers 407 – 31 whose meaning is probably as nebulous as the counterfeit mark.
L crowned: brand
unidentified for years.
It does
not belong to the proofhouse, as far as we are concerned we think, with no
certainty, that it could be a casting brand of the cylinder.
Ultimately a nice copy of one of the various models of Nagant.
GG
