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Chamelot-Delvigne 11mm Model 1873 as the full name of this interesting weapon is the first widely introduced revolver with a double action centerfire mechanism in Europe. The Model 1873 was introduced for reserve officers and the only slightly modified Model 1874 for active officers, The Model 1874 differs from the older version at first glance by being blue (the older one is in metallic colour, i.e. "silver" ) and by having the cylinder lightened with grooves (the older model has a cylinder without grooves). Both guns were produced concurrently and are basically the same gun with only minor differences. The revolver has a closed frame and the loading is from the right side (Abadie flap). It was produced at the State Armoury in St. Etienne , and after its successful introduction in France, this model was also adopted by the armies of Belgium, Holland, Italy and Switzerland. According to some accounts, it was also used in Greece and Sweden, but here it seems to have been an officer-owned weapon not introduced by the army in question. For the revolver, the Modell 73 cartridge marked 11x17.8R was introduced, chambered for a lead bullet weighing 11g. The cartridge was originally filled with black powder as required by the army but in the early twentieth century the filling was changed to slow burning smokeless powder. Although the gun was introduced in 1873 but it served successfully in WWI and its service ended in WWII as a police weapon for the French gendarmerie and police, the last guns were not retired from the colonial forces until the 1950s, a truly respectable period of service.
původní model 1873
model 1874
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TTD Délka : 242 mm Délka hlavně : 114 mm Vzdálenost mířidel : 142 mm Výška : 170 mm Váha : 1,195 kg Zásobník : 6 nábojů Ráže : 11 mm Náboj : 11x 17 R Vrtání : 4 drážky se stoupáním 350 mm Úsťová rychlost : 130 m/s (náboj 1873) 190 m/s (náboj 1873-90) Výroba : 1873 - 1885 celkem 337 081 Užíván : 1873 - 1940 jednotlivé kusy ale byly vyřazovány až v 50´letech)
zdroj : 1000 образцов стрелкового оружия vydáno ve Smolensku 2004 ISBN 5 8138 0529 X www.shelfspace.com
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Francouzský důstojnický revolver 1874, Chamelot-Delvigne M.1873 ráže 11 mm.
Italský revolver mmodel 1874 ráže 10,35 mm.
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