Mle 1892 8mm Revolver (French) with Documentation
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The paper is in three pieces and is quite fragile so it stays in the slip cover.
Fortunately, the revolver itself is in rather better shape:
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It's had a range trip, but ammo isn't exactly common. Smooth if somewhat heavy double action pull. The trigger pull with the hammer cocked is nothing special, but it's quite adequate for a combat sidearm.
Nicely made, if just a little odd.
Loading gate/Cylinder latch info request
New member dutchbert apparently has a Mle. 1892 without the loading gate. He's looking for dimensions for this part so a new one can be fabricated. I've offered to do photos and give some dimensional info which won't require detail stripping my one example. But it seems the easy way out would be to inquire if anyone might have a spare!
Should do a range trip soon with this revolver soon, anyway, so refreshing this thread seemed logical.