Specifications
Type: Handgun (Revolver)
Caliber: 7.62x38R
Capacity: 7 round Cylinder
Fire Modes: Double Action
Russian Nagant M1895
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo). This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time Issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver with 3.3inch (85mm) barrel - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo). This version was produced in 1924-1932 and used by NKVD and customs service. Note the rounded front sight which was used before 1930s.
The Nagant M1895 uses a special trigger mechanism to both rotate the cylinder and push it forward when the trigger is pulled. The better seal presented by the cylinder and the frame of the revolver makes it quieter and more powerful due to better gas containment. The trade off is an extremely heavy trigger pull, up to 20 pounds in double action. It is notable that this is one of the very few revolvers that can be fitted with a sound suppressor and used effectively due to the gas sealing system. This unique solution also eliminates the risk of injuries attained if the hand of the operator is near the front of the cylinder.
The Russian Nagant M1895 Pistol was seen in the following:
Film
Title
Actor
Character
Note
Date
Chapaev
Red Army and White Army soldiers
1934
The Thirteen (Trinadtsat)
Red Army men
1936
Two Soldiers (Dva boytsa)
Mark Bernes
Arkady Dzjubin
Seen only in holster
1943
The Tank Brigade
Otomar Krejca
Maj. Stašek
1958
Július Pántik
Sgt. Klimko
Soldiers (Soldaty)
Innokenti Smoktunovsky
Farber
1956
The Hunters
Chinese officer
1958
The Probation (Ispytatelnyy Srok)
Oleg Tabakov
Yegorov
1960
Oleg Efremov
Jur
Death Is Called Engelchen
Jan Kacer
Pavel
1963
Vlado Müller
Nikolaj
Otto Lackovic
Ondrej
The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye)
Soviet Army officers
1964
The Chief of Chukotka (Nachalnik Chukotki)
White Army officer
1966
Wedding in Malinovka (Svadba v Malinovke)
Vladimir Samojlov
Nazar Duma
1967
Wedding in Malinovka (Svadba v Malinovke)
Grigori Abrikosov
Gritsian
1967
Wedding in Malinovka (Svadba v Malinovke)
Mikhail Pugovkin
Yashka
1967
The Champions
Chinese officer
In pilot episode
1968
White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni)
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Fyodor Sukhov
1969
Several Black Abdullah's men
The Intervention (Interventsiya)
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Zhenka Xidias
1969
The Intervention (Interventsiya)
Yefim Kopelyan
Philipp
1969
The Intervention (Interventsiya)
Yuliya Burygina
Jeanne Barbier
1969
The Intervention (Interventsiya)
Gelena Ivliyeva
Sanka
1969
The Intervention (Interventsiya)
White Army officers, Red revolutionaries, criminals
1969
The Flight (Beg)
Mikhail Ulyanov
General Charnota
1970
The Flight (Beg)
White Army officers and Red Army commanders
1970
How I Unleashed World War II
Wirgiliusz Gryn
Józek Kryska
1970
Marian Kociniak
Pvt. Franek Dolas
The Property of Republic (Dostoyanie respubliki)
Oleg Tabakov
Makar
1971
Andrey Mironov
Markiz
Spartak Mishulin
Tarakanov
Igor Kvasha
Lagutin
Officers (Ofitsery)
Georgi Yumatov
Aleksei Trofimov
1971
The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg)
Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr.
Lt. Drozdovsky
1972
The Dawns Here are Quiet (A zori zdes tikhie)
Andrei Martynov
Fedot Vaskov
1972
With Clean Hands (Cu mainile curate)
Romanian police and criminals
1972
The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova)
Oleg Dal
Krestovskiy
1973
The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova)
Yuri Nazarov
Gubin
1973
The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova)
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Ilyin
1973
At Home Among Strangers, Stranger at Home (Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh)
Yuri Bogatyryov
Egor Shilov
1974
Aleksandr Kaidanovsky
Lemke
White Army officers, Red Army men, brigands
Days of the Turbins (Dni Turbinykh)
Vladimir Basov
Capt. Myshlayevsky
1976
Days of the Turbins (Dni Turbinykh)
Pyotr Shcherbakov
Capt. Studzinsky
1976
Days of the Turbins (Dni Turbinykh)
White Army officers
1976
Shadows of a Hot Summer (Stíny horkého léta)
Gustav Opocenský
Commander OUN
1978
Who Will Pay for the Fortune? (Kto zaplatit za udachu?)
Leonid Filatov
Fyodor
1980
Personal Safety Not Guaranteed (Lichnoy bezopasnosti ne garantiruyu)
Semyon Morozov
Ivan Morgunok
1980
203 kochi
Teruhiko Aoi
Lt Takeshi Kogyo
1980
Japanese and Russian officers
The Sixth (Shestoy)
Sergey Nikonenko
Roman Glodov
1981
Timofei Spivak
Alexander
Sergei Ulyanov
Nikita
Vladimir Grammatikov
Pavlik
Mikhail Kozakov
Danilevsky
Teheran 43
German agent
Short-barreled version
1981
Vabank
Bank robbers, hitman
With and without sound supressors
1981
Search and neutralize (Nayti i obezvredit)
Mikhail Zhigalov
Robber leader
1982
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon)
Dmitry Kharatyan
Volodya Patrikeyev
1983
Regimantas Adomaitis
Cherven
Two Nagants akimbo
The World Knows Nothing (Svet nic neví)
Emil Horváth
Tomás Jakl
1983
Magda Vásáryová
Jiřina Steinová
Vabank II
Hitman
With sound supressor
1985
Secrets of Madame Wong (Tayny madam Vong)
Police agent
Short-barreled version
1986
Cold Summer of 1953 (Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego)
Vladimir Golovin
Baron
1987
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov)
Aleksandra Asmaye
Diana Little
Short-barreled version
1987
Old lady in the stagecoach
Short-barreled version
A cowboy in saloon
Deja Vu
Jerzy Stuhr
Johnny Pollack
1988
Romper Stomper
Deactivated example
1992
Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach
Kelly McGrill
Agent Mary Star
Standard and snub nose versions
1992
Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach
Dmitry Kharatyan
Fyodor Sokolov
1992
Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem)
1994
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
NKVD officers
1994
Brother 2 (Brat 2)
Konstantin Murzenko
Fascist
2000
Enemy at the Gates
Commissar officers
2001
In August of 1944
Vladislav Galkin
Senior Lt. Evgeniy Tamantsev
Akimbo with Tokarev TT-33
2001
Village chairman
Our Own (Svoi)
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Politruk Livshits
2004
Our Own (Svoi)
Bogdan Stupka
Ivan Blinov
2004
Bastards (Svolochi)
Militia (Police) officers and young offender
2006
Attack on Leningrad
Olga Sutulova
Nina Tsvetkova
2007
Brother's War
Michael Berryman
Col. Petrov
2009
Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downey Jr.
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Dnieper Line: Love and War
Anatoliy Kot
Commissar Ivan Jigunov
2009
Dnieper Line: Love and War
Kseniya Knyazeva
Zoya Sintsova
2009
The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost)
Russian lieutenant
2010
Bablo
2011
Battle of Warsaw 1920
Borys Szyc
Jan Krynicki
2011
Battle of Warsaw 1920
Russian and polish officers
2011
Hans Kloss. Stawka wieksza niz smierc
Soviet officer
2012
Television
Video Games
Belgian Nagant M1878 revolver
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Belgian Nagant M1878 revolver - 9.4mm Nagant
Several other variations of Nagant were produced throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This includes the Belgian M1878 and M1878-86 in 9.4mm, the Norwegian M1883 in 7.5mm, the Swedish M1887 in 7.5mm, the Serbian M1891 in 7.5mm, the Brazilian M1893 in .44 caliber and several others.
Television
Swedish Nagant M1887 revolver
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Swedish Nagant M1887 revolver - 7.5mm Nagant
Television
Show Title / Episode
Actor
Character
Note
Air Date
Reilly: Ace of Spies
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Standing in for the Russian Nagant M1895
1984
Video Games