18 Mar 2023 12:54 pm
7.5 mm pistol rounds probably aren't stocked at Wal-Mart very often.Skans » 18 Mar 2023, 10:58 am » wrote: ↑ I've never fired my 1882, but I have taken it apart. Every part on this gun is numbered and matched to the frame. It's more like fine clockwork than the Nagant, and the Nagant would be somewhat crude in comparison. Very nicely finished with some parts looking like shiny stainless, other parts (trigger, hammer and loading gate) having a straw finish and the rest blued. Neat bakelite grips. Under the grips, stamped onto the frame of my 1882 is SIG. So, I believe mine to be one of the first guns produced by Sig Sauer under military or police contract. The double-action trigger is rather stout, but in single action, the trigger pull is crisp and fairly light.
One cool thing about it is that the internals are easily exposed by opening the hinged frame cover.
I'd love to get some ammo and shoot a few rounds through it.
I read a short article about the caliber. In military rifle it was the predecessor to .30 cal.
Our first .30-30 kind of. Pistol round wasn't in that article but that rifle round was also Swiss.
Rifle round noted for its precision.