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11-06-2010, 08:49 PM
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The Japanese revovler actually looks like it wouldn't explode when stared at a little harder than normal. That's pretty rare in Japanese pistols
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11-07-2010, 01:21 AM
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Actually I've read some pretty good stuff about the quality of the Type 26 (introduced the 26th year of the Meiji Emperor which was 1893 for the rest of the world) revolver. It's load leaves alot to be desired, but they're pretty well made revolvers.
The breaktop design is basically the old Smith & Wesson breaktop feature. Which isn't surprising considering that the Imperial Japanese Navy used the S&W Russian revolver. One neat feature is that the sideplate can be pivoted open and the lockparts can be removed for cleaning and lubrication without needing any tools. This same feature can be found on the Austro-Hungarian Rast & Gasser Model 98 revolver. The revolver has no full cock feature and can't be thumb-cocked. This is similar to the British Enfield No. 2 Mk 1* , but the Enfield came along many decades after the Type 26 was introduced. I've always thought that it would make a nice addition to my revolver collection. Congrats Nyles.
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11-08-2010, 08:41 PM
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11-08-2010, 10:33 PM
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Exactly. The T-94 was not a great design, but the other Japanese service pistols were hardly on that level. And, by the way, the safety on the T-94 securely locks the sear, and ANY single-action pistol is unsafe to carry with the safety off. Military weapons get tested pretty extensively before being put into service, and they are rarely, if ever, dangerous when used properly with the ammunition they were inteded for. It's only when civilians get ahold of them that the problems start.
Thanks for the kind words all. Checkman, you actually made a very good point about the Enfield, I remember having the same conversation with a Japanese pistol collector. They are two very similar designs in operation and performance, but by the time the Enfield was first issued the T-26 had stopped being a primary-issued pistol for decades. The palanca pivots down so it's parallel with the grip, and then the fingers of the firing hand are used to pull back the slide and chamber a round. When the pistol is fired the slide moving back with automatically cause it to flip out of the way. It's not a great feature, but the reason I find the Jo.Lo.Ar. so fascinating is that it's a whole collection of bad ideas. Last edited by Nyles; 11-08-2010 at 10:37 PM.
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11-08-2010, 11:15 PM
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Does the Belgian Nagant have the same kind of crazy heavy trigger like the Russian m1895?
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11-09-2010, 12:33 AM
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11-09-2010, 02:00 AM
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Nagant revolvers are a very poorly understood series. Most people are familiar with the Russian 1895, and maybe the Swedish 1887, but they were actually really widely used. The original 9.4mm series was used by Belgium and the Luxembourg gendarmerie, the 7.5mm models by Sweden, Serbia, Norway and the Luxembourg army, a .44 series used by Brazil and Argentina, and the familar 7.62mm gas seal models used by Russia and Poland. There was even a swing-out cylinder gas seal version made in small numbers in 1910.
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