Gasser Revolvers

Gasser-Kropatschek M1876 Officer's Revolver - 9 x 26mm Gasser

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Austrian Rast Gasser 1898 - 8 x 27mm Gasser.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin - 11.75 x 36mm Gasser

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Gasser Montenegrin M1880 = 11.75 x 36mm Gasser

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Actual screen-used Gasser Montenegrin M1880 revolvers from The Prisoner Of Zenda - image courtesy of the Armchair Gun Show, who are selling the original prop.

Information

The Austrian Gasser series of revolvers was produced from 1870 to 1918, convering a variety of models and calibers including the original Austrian army issued 11 x 46mm M1870 and M1870/74, the privately-purchased 9 x 26mm Gasser-Kropatschek M1876 officer's revolver, the 11.75 x 36mm M1870/74 and M1880 Montenegrin models produced for sale in the Balkans, and the 8 x 27mm WW1-era Rast-Gasser M1898.

Gasser revolvers have been used by the following actors in the following movies and television series:

Film

• French officer in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Rast-Gasser M1898
• Rufus Sewell as Crown Prince Leopold in The Illusionist - Gasser-Kropatschek M1876
• James Mason and Stewart Granger in The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) - Bone-handled Gasser Montenegrin M1880
• Warren Beatty in McCabe and Mrs. Miller - Gasser Montenegrin M1880
• Irén Psota as Helga in Az oroszlán ugrani készül - Rast-Gasser M1898