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What colour are you going to paint it.

Early model CSRG without flash hider, to the right, personal leather magazine carrier and backpack magazine carrier.

Picked up another M1917 Helmet shell, this one is marked ZE33. No texture or much of the original paint left. I have primed it for a new paint job and texturing.

From my old notes, I forgot about these sources. https://chuckhawks.com/nagant_revolver.htm A really interesting video on ammo and gas seal. Worst trigger pull on a revolver that I ever encountered! Cartridges really stick in the cylinder of the rebuilt weapons. Not so much on bring backs in original condition. Really slow to reload in combat. A nice documented bring back; https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/342635-russian-nagant-m1895-revolver-bringback/ Take Down:

The yellow box of 1972 Russian Nagant 7.62x38R with lead wads.

Hi everyone, here are some pieces of german equipment from my collection: -1914 early style 98/05 bayonet with a steel scabbard -1917 late style 98/05 bayonet with steel scabbard -ersatz bayonet and scabbard, still with original paint -hebel flare gun, completely matching numbers -pioneer wire cutters -dogtag set (posted them before separately) -prussian belt with belt buckle (+ an extra belt buckle) -1915 bread bag with nice markings, initals and a name -1915 cavalry or artillery ammo pouch -egg grenade with inert fuse -telegraph/communication unit headphones -mg08 and mg08/15 ammo belt with inert rounds I'd like to get a complete set of original equipment, but I still need quite a few pieces (bayonet frog, backpack, zeltbahn, messtin, canteen, infantry ammo pouches, shovel,...) It will probably take quite a while, but it'll be worth it.

The young woman caught in the crossfire was Katharina Esser. She was buried in an unnamed grave. Nearly 70 years later, her identity was confirmed and a grave marker was made. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/10/us/ww2-reunion-us-german-veterans/index.html Quelle: CN live_0863e072-b90d-424d-8287-c25e6175532f.avif

The strap is a repro that I bought and thank you all for the information.

The stamp on the dome interior is ingot smelting lot number provided by the steel mill, this was done so if there were defective helmets in the batch they could be tracked down and recalled.

You are quite welcome USMC, glad this post brightened your day!

I do plan on getting a nice WW1 period holster and accessories, have not had a chance to get into that yet. This is my 1st Nagant pistol, slowly moving into the Czarist/Russian items.

Have you considered an original WW I holster?

Nowhere as nice as a WW I bring back Nagant, but here is a view of my Uncles WW II bring back from Berlin in its original holster. I never got the story. He died just after I got out of the Corps and after the funeral she shoved it into my truck and said a vet should have this. Thanks Gildwiller 1918 you brought back some old memories with this post.

I actually have more fun shooting my Nagant Pellet pistol replica: The Gletcher NGT RF CO2 Pellet Revolver. Fun, and the cartridges do not stick in the cylinder. On an original those Russian cartridges expand and are difficult to extract. I will take a Tokarev over a Nagant all day long. A review of the Pellet shooter Nagant revolver- a real hoot to shoot... https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2015/06/gletcher-nagant-pellet-revolver-part-1/ https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2015/07/gletcher-nagant-pellet-revolver-part-2/ https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2015/07/gletcher-nagant-pellet-revolver-part-3/

The strap fittings had a grey zinc finish

The ammunition: 7.62x38R Also see Ammo forum: https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/7-62x38r-nagant-box/8814 from this above source

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That is a nice Imperial model lacking a Billboard Import mark! Ya hoo! Very nice specimen. I never found an Imperial Nagant lacking import marks covering the original markings. I never could figure why they put the import mark on the left side-stupid is as stupid does. The left side revolver markings can be found on this source: http://www.geocities.ws/Pentagon/Bunker/4064/PersCollection/M1895page.html I wonder if the pellet replica is allowed in Europe? I hang mine on the wall. Anemic shooters. One is from my Uncle that got it in Berlin in WW II. It is a WW II bring back. The others are imports with the import mark on the bottom of the barrel. All too many of those $59 revolvers had a billboard import mark over the original markings making it useful for only a fishing box pistol. All too many had the import mark on the left side over the original markings. see the lower two additional photos. Nasty examples I was never lucky enough to find an intact WW I Nagant bring back in original condition. . Here is additional interesting info. for those that like these> https://jakesgunreviews.weebly.com/m1895-nagant.html This is nice to view:

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Answer, see my illustration above

It is also marked with an et 64

Sorry if it's not clear.