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Post by oskar2ndchev on Nov 19, 2011 20:47:17 GMT -8
Here's some views of the Model 1883 Reichsrevolver. By WWI, this pistol had been retired from front-line use although it was still used by artillery and rear-echelon units. However, as the war went on and the need for weapons increased, these increasingly found their way back to the front. The Reichsrevolver fires a 10.6mm cartridge and for blank firing purposes, a .44 Russian blank will work well. Strangely enough, these were made without an ejector, the logic being that the soldat only needed six rounds in a cavalry charge and thus there was no need to be able to reload fast. These were issued with a separate ejector rod that attached underneath the ammunition pouch. For trench service, I use a small nail to push out the spent cartridge casings.   Right & Left Profiles  Disassembled- it breaks down into three pieces for cleaning.  View of the back of the grip- the unit property markings would go here. This one was issued to the 6th Battery, 32 Field Artillery and it was weapon No. 15  |
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Post by 1886lebel on Nov 26, 2011 19:08:16 GMT -8
I talked to Adam about this on facebook .... What if we do a live fire shoot comparing the different revolvers of the late 19th Century against one another and post the results of them for all to see how they do. I can fire my French, Revolver Réglementaire Modèle 1873 Chamelot-Delvigne and maybe Larry can use his Rast & Gasser Modell 1898 for this testing if he is up to it. If someone has an Enfield Mk I & Mk II they can also test it as well.  It would be interesting to see how these old blackpowder cartridge revolvers compare to one another. Patrick |
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Post by Larry Dunn on Nov 27, 2011 22:05:15 GMT -8
I'll bring the Rast-Gasser, but the target had better big and close--I don't know if the barrel is just shot-out or if Fiocchi uses under-sized bullets, but the old girl tends to key-hole at anything past 25 feet.
-Larry
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Post by 1886lebel on Nov 28, 2011 8:39:31 GMT -8
What I was thinking was that we all could shoot them at our liesure at our home ranges, since live ammo is not to be brought to a reenactment at all.
What we can do is shoot a NRA B27 black man target at 10 yards, shoot 12 rounds into it and see how they do, take a picture of the target and place it on here to see how they compare with one another and I am going to say they all will be close to each other in preformance and groupings.
I just loaded a batch of ammo for mine using the original load of 0,65 grammes (10 grains) of Swiss No.2 /FFFg powder over a 451' diameter 11,7 gram (180 grain) lead bullet that was copied from an original design.
Patrick
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Post by oskar2ndchev on Nov 28, 2011 21:31:45 GMT -8
Well, I might get daring and try live-firing with my Reichsrevolver but I suspect it will probably be about as accurate as Larry's Rast-Gasser. :-) On the other hand, my M1911 would probably work better....  |
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Post by 1886lebel on Nov 28, 2011 22:00:56 GMT -8
On the other hand, my M1911 would probably work better.... Semi-Auto pistol testing will come later We can also include other revolvers for now such as Colt and S&W Model 1917's , French Modèle 1892 (I got a few of these ), Russian 1895 Nagant (got one as well) and others. Patrick |
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Post by Marcus on Nov 28, 2011 22:41:01 GMT -8
What I was thinking was that we all could shoot them at our liesure at our home ranges, since live ammo is not to be brought to a reenactment at all. Why not schedule a Great War Live fire weekend?? We treat it like a regular reenactment with full gear, but with live ammo....only we don't shoot at each other for a change, hmmmmmmmmmm? I think we could make a whole event out of it...not just pistols, but rifles as well? Just a good time at the site...to shoot for bragging rights..or if units want to hold a shooting competition within their respective units for whatever kind of shooting awards they would have received. We do this in our WW2 group...why not Great War? |
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Post by oskar2ndchev on Nov 29, 2011 6:47:40 GMT -8
Time to get out my headspace gauge... Now it's a matter of the when and the where...  |
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Post by 1886lebel on Nov 29, 2011 8:53:37 GMT -8
We could do this but it would have to be after the Spring Event.
I have a few steel plates that we could shoot at that I use with my shooting club back here in ABQ, these will not even get dented by a .50 BMG bullet or steel cored bullets at all.
We could make this in conjunction with a work weekend on the trenches, where when you are not firing you can work on the lines.
Patrick
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Post by Eunice on Jan 3, 2021 12:40:01 GMT -8
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