Gasser Revolvers

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

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Austrian Rast Gasser 1898 - 8 x 27mm Gasser.

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Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin - 11.75 x 36mm Gasser

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Gasser Montenegrin M1880 = 11.75 x 36mm Gasser

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

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Prisoner of Zenda	James Mason	Rupert of Hentzau	Bone-handled Gasser Montenegrin M1880	1952
The Prisoner of Zenda	Stewart Granger	Rudolf Rassendyll	Bone-handled Gasser Montenegrin M1880	1952
Styridsatstyri		Austro-Hungarian officer	Rast-Gasser M1898	1959
Az oroszlán ugrani készül	Irén Psota	Helga	Rast-Gasser M1898	1969
The Flight (Beg)	Mikhail Ulyanov	General Charnota	Rast-Gasser M1898	1970
The Flight (Beg)	Vladimir Basov	Artur Arturovich	Rast-Gasser M1898	1970
McCabe and Mrs. Miller	Warren Beatty	John McCabe	Gasser Montenegrin M1880	1971
The Illusionist	Rufus Sewell	Crown Prince Leopold	Gasser-Kropatschek M1876	2006

TV

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Bors	István Sztankay	Máté Bors	Rast-Gasser M1898; Ep.1	1968
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles		French officer	Rast-Gasser M1898; Ep. "Trenches of Hell"	1992-1994
Midsomer Murders			"Ring Out Your Dead"; M1870/74 Montenegrin	1997 - Present