Nagant M1895's at Cabela's

[Aragorn243]

I made it to the range today. Took the Nagant revolver and my Carcano carbine today.

I want to preface this report stating that I have not fired a revolver of any type in approximately 30 years and do not often shoot semi-autos either but have never been a terrible shot when doing so. My last session on a range with a handgun was two years ago.

My first group of seven shots was fired using single action with my hands braced on a rolled up blanket. Target was 25 yards and an 8.5x11 sheet of paper with a 1 1/2 inch bull in the center. Group size was about 6 inches, all low, six hit the paper and I assume the seventh was just below the bottom. I've never shot a handgun this way before in my life but figured it would be a bit more stable than offhand.

My second group of seven shots was fired at a 2/3rds scale steel torso target (12"x20") at 25 yards offhand and using the double action. I hit the target all seven shots, my wife who was watching said they were all again low on the bottom half of the target.

Ammunition was factory load prvi partizan FPJ bullet 6.35 g/98 gr

I am extremely pleased with how this pistol operated and it's accuracy. With practice, I'm sure I can get that group size a bit more respectable. Trigger pull again is terrible for both single and double action but not bad enough to miss the kill zone on a man sized target at 25 yards.

From my research into this, the factory loads are not anywhere near original military specs which probably explains why it shoots low. Handloading to mil spec will probably correct this.

I had no misfires, no difficulties loading and of the 14 rounds fired, all but one case just slid out on it's own and the 14th just needed a slight nudge. I did not use the pistols rod on any of them. Spun the cylinder and they just fell out. My only major problem is that I badly, very badly, need to get new glasses. I had difficulty seeing the bull in the center of the paper and found myself simply aiming for the center of the paper. But that's me, not the gun.

No cases had any deformities and the primers all looked good.