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Model 1879 10.6MM Reichsrevolver

vainn80

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Here for your viewing pleasure is my Model 1879 10.6mm Reichsrevolver made by V.C. Schilling & Cie, Spangenberg &SauerC.G. Haenel & Cie,(The Suhl Consortium consisted of three firms located in Suhl, C.G. Haenel (CGH), J.P. Sauer (JPS), and V.C. Schilling (VCS), these firms had a long history of cooperating on contracts for military production) in 1882. The M1879 is referred to as the "cavalry model" and remained in first line service until superseded by the P04 Luger. The caliber was an indigenous 10.6×25mmR with a medium-length cartridge case, comparable to the contemporary .44 Russian round in size and power. Loading was via a gate on the revolver's right side, and the cylinder was released by pulling the hammer to half-cock. Removing empty cartridges could be done by removing the cylinder by withdrawing the axis pin, and then removing the casings by hand, but in actual practice a separate small rod (stored in the ammunition pouch) was used to push the casings out without having to remove the cylinder. A unique feature among these revolvers was the safety lever, which was often applied with the hammer resting in the half-cock position. The Model 1879 remained in service as a standard Army issue pistol until superseded by the Luger P08 semiautomatic pistol in 1908 and continued in service during WWI as a secondary standard issue pistol and some probably saw service in WWII. It is accompanied by a US issue Machine Gun C Company holster which indicates it was brought back to the US by a WWI Doughboy.
 

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Nice gun. It is funny Germans waited until 1908 to replace it (together with the model 1883). I guess they do not care too much as it was a side weapon. France replaced its 1873-1874 Chamelot Delvigne revolvers by the 1892 models, which were obsolete between 1900-1910 with the advent of semi-auto pistols.
Have you shot it ? not too hard to find the right cases in the USA ?
 
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