{
  "apiVersion": 1,
  "kind": "work-order",
  "purpose": "Taking the firearm apart for a job such as refinishing, and putting it back together to specification.",
  "firearm": {
    "slug": "nagant-m1895",
    "name": "Nagant M1895 Revolver",
    "manufacturer": {
      "id": "tula",
      "name": "Tula Arms Plant"
    },
    "category": "revolver",
    "action": "double-action-revolver",
    "calibers": [
      "7.62x38mmR Nagant"
    ],
    "alsoKnownAs": [
      "Nagant Revolver",
      "Model 1895 Gas-Seal Revolver"
    ],
    "coversAlso": [
      "Tula and Izhevsk production Nagant revolvers",
      "Polish and Soviet wartime variants"
    ],
    "page": "firearms/nagant-m1895.html",
    "bundle": "api/v1/firearms/nagant-m1895.json",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "notices": [
    "This work order is written for the Nagant M1895 Revolver. It is reported to cover Tula and Izhevsk production Nagant revolvers; Polish and Soviet wartime variants — if the firearm on the bench is one of those, check the torque notes: values do not always carry over.",
    "No torque values are recorded for this firearm. Get them from the manufacturer or a gunsmith; do not estimate."
  ],
  "disclaimer": {
    "headline": "Read this before you use anything here.",
    "points": [
      "This is a guide, not an authority. Entries are compiled from manufacturer manuals, technical manuals, published references, and community knowledge. Some of it comes from sources that are not authoritative, and some of it may simply be wrong.",
      "Always consult the manufacturer's manual for your specific firearm and serial-number range. Manufacturers change designs mid-production without renaming the model. The manual that shipped with your firearm outranks anything on this site.",
      "Consult a licensed gunsmith for anything beyond routine field stripping and cleaning, for any firearm you are unsure about, and for any procedure marked as gunsmith-recommended here.",
      "Treat every firearm as loaded. Verify it is unloaded, with the magazine removed and the chamber physically and visually checked, before any procedure in this database. Point it in a safe direction the entire time.",
      "Disassembly can damage a firearm or injure you. Springs are under tension, parts can launch, and reassembling a firearm incorrectly can make it unsafe to fire in a way that is not obvious from the outside. If a reassembled firearm does not pass a function check, stop and see a gunsmith.",
      "Torque values are shown in two groups. Values from the manufacturer or the issuing military are shown as such, with the document they came from. Values reported by anyone else — parts makers, gunsmithing publishers, articles, forums — are shown separately with who said them, how reliable that source is, and their exact words. Those are not specifications. Confirm any torque value with the manufacturer or a licensed gunsmith before relying on it.",
      "Nothing here is legal advice. Firearms law varies by country, state, and city, and some modifications or configurations are regulated or prohibited. You are responsible for knowing and following the law where you are.",
      "No warranty of any kind. Contributors and maintainers accept no liability for damage, injury, or loss arising from use of this material."
    ],
    "page": "disclaimer.html",
    "legal": {
      "summary": "Legal notice: this material is third-party information compiled from sources of varying reliability and is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not gunsmithing, technical, safety or legal advice, it is not verified or endorsed by any manufacturer, and it must not be taken as fact. Any work on a firearm beyond the routine field stripping described in its own owner's manual should be performed only by a licensed and insured gunsmith. You use this material entirely at your own risk. Fundamental Build LLC and the project's contributors make no warranty of any kind and accept no liability for death, injury, damage or loss arising from its use. Full terms: LEGAL.md.",
      "page": "legal.html",
      "notice": "https://github.com/Fundamental-build-LLC/Pew-Takedown/blob/main/LEGAL.md"
    }
  },
  "sourcing": {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "verification": "community-reviewed"
  },
  "manufacturerDisassembly": {
    "status": "not-recorded",
    "limit": null,
    "statement": null,
    "source": null
  },
  "recalls": [],
  "shopTier": {
    "tier": 2,
    "group": "revolver",
    "rating": "Pew-Takedown editorial rating (1 easy – 3 hardest), not the manufacturer's",
    "reason": "Sideplate lockwork with a two-leaf mainspring relaxed by the trigger guard, but the gas-seal system adds a cylinder-advance cam that must work after reassembly; published accounts call the take-down easy once understood. No parts list found, so moderate at low confidence.",
    "confidence": "low",
    "partCount": null,
    "painPoints": [
      {
        "issue": "The cylinder and sideplate have to come off to reach the mainspring; the lockwork is reached only through the sideplate.",
        "during": "disassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Wheelgun Wednesday: M1895 Nagant Trigger Job with a Bullet?",
          "publisher": "The Firearm Blog",
          "reliability": "secondary",
          "url": "https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/06/02/wheelgun-wednesday-nagant-trigger-job/",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "You will want to remove the cylinder and side plate in order to get at your mainspring."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "The design is unusual enough that it is only easy once you understand it.",
        "during": "both",
        "source": {
          "title": "More Than an Oddity: The Revolver Sistemy Nagana obr. 1895g",
          "publisher": "Firearms News",
          "reliability": "secondary",
          "url": "https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/more-than-an-oddity-the-revolver-sistemy-nagana-obr-1895g/78562",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "is not all that difficult to maintain, despite is unusual gas-seal design."
        }
      }
    ],
    "minutes": {
      "strip": 40,
      "rebuild": 65,
      "basis": "estimated",
      "note": "Estimated: cylinder axis and cylinder, ejector, sideplate, trigger guard (relaxes the mainspring), mainspring, hammer, trigger, pawl, gas-seal cylinder-advance parts, gate and recoil plate. Rebuild longer for aligning the gas-seal cam and pawl under the sideplate and checking that the cylinder moves forward on cocking.",
      "source": null
    },
    "stripScope": [
      {
        "assembly": "Cylinder",
        "removes": [
          "ejector rod assembly",
          "cylinder axis pin and cylinder (with its tube/spring)"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Sideplate and lockwork",
        "removes": [
          "grip screw and grips",
          "sideplate screw and sideplate",
          "trigger guard screw and trigger guard (relaxes the two-leaf mainspring)",
          "mainspring",
          "hammer",
          "trigger",
          "pawl/hand",
          "gas-seal cylinder-advance slide and link",
          "rebound/hammer-block parts",
          "loading gate and gate spring"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "fitted screwdrivers"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Frame",
        "removes": [
          "recoil plate if removable",
          "front sight left in place (integral/staked on most)"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hardware": null,
    "specialTools": [
      {
        "tool": "Fitted hollow-ground screwdrivers",
        "usedFor": "Sideplate, grip and trigger guard screws (old, often tight)"
      }
    ],
    "fitOnRebuild": [
      {
        "check": "Timing / carry-up: every chamber locks before the hammer falls, single and double action; cylinder gap and end shake",
        "why": "Standard revolver check after lockwork has been out; worn hand or cylinder stop gives the \"does not lock up\" fault under Common issues.",
        "source": null
      },
      {
        "check": "Cylinder moves forward onto the barrel cone on cocking and retracts on release (gas seal)",
        "why": "The Nagant’s defining mechanism; a cylinder that does not advance is this page’s main fault.",
        "source": null
      }
    ],
    "assessed": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "videos": [],
  "configurations": [],
  "tools": [],
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "clear",
      "title": "Clear and make safe",
      "steps": [
        {
          "n": 1,
          "instruction": "Point the muzzle in a safe direction and keep your finger off the trigger."
        },
        {
          "n": 2,
          "instruction": "Open the loading gate on the right side of the frame."
        },
        {
          "n": 3,
          "instruction": "Swing the ejector rod out from under the barrel and align it with a chamber.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "(rod positioned)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 4,
          "instruction": "Push the ejector rod rearward through each chamber in turn to eject the cartridge or case, rotating the cylinder between each.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "One cartridge or case per cycle"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 5,
          "instruction": "Repeat for all seven chambers."
        },
        {
          "n": 6,
          "instruction": "Rotate the cylinder through a full revolution and look into every chamber to confirm each is empty.",
          "warning": "Seven chambers, verified individually."
        },
        {
          "n": 7,
          "instruction": "Confirm the bore is clear, return the ejector rod, close the loading gate, and remove all live ammunition from the work area."
        }
      ],
      "videos": []
    },
    {
      "id": "disassemble",
      "title": "Disassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "title": "Field Strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Complete the Clear and Make Safe procedure."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Open the loading gate."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Swing the ejector rod assembly out and withdraw the cylinder axis pin forward out of the frame.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Cylinder axis pin and ejector rod assembly"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Roll the cylinder out through the loading gate opening on the right side of the frame.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Cylinder"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Clean the chambers, bore, cylinder face, forcing cone, and the barrel throat where the case mouth enters."
            },
            {
              "n": 6,
              "instruction": "Stop here. The sideplate and lockwork are gunsmith territory and the springs are old.",
              "warning": "The gas-seal cam mechanism that moves the cylinder forward is part of the lockwork. Leave it alone."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "refinish",
      "title": "Refinish",
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "Cylinder axis pin and ejector rod assembly",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        },
        {
          "name": "Cylinder",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        }
      ],
      "manufacturerPartsList": null,
      "partsDiagrams": [],
      "materials": [],
      "note": "The components the procedures above separate. Coating, masking and cure are outside this database; follow your coating system's instructions. A part the manufacturer marks \"factory fit\" should not be swapped or reworked."
    },
    {
      "id": "reassemble",
      "title": "Reassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "reassembly",
          "title": "Reassembly",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Roll the cylinder back into the frame through the loading gate opening."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Align the cylinder and slide the cylinder axis pin back in from the front until fully seated.",
              "tip": "Rotate the cylinder slightly rather than forcing the pin."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Return the ejector rod to its stowed position under the barrel and close the loading gate."
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Perform the function check."
            }
          ],
          "instruction": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "torque",
      "title": "Torque",
      "coverage": "none-recorded",
      "manufacturer": [],
      "reported": [],
      "notes": "The official military manuals give no torque value. They say: \"надеть дверцу ушками на стойку рамки; завинтить винт дверцы и винт ее пружины;\" [translation by this project: \"fit the side plate's lugs onto the frame post; screw in the side-plate screw and the screw of its spring;\"] (Наставление по стрелковому делу (НСД-38). Револьвер обр. 1895 г. и пистолет обр. 1930 г. (1941 printing), p. 44 (PDF p. 48), ст. 47 (order of assembly)) \"завинтить винт спусковой скобы;\" [translation by this project: \"screw in the trigger-guard screw;\"] (Наставление по стрелковому делу (НСД-38). Револьвер обр. 1895 г. и пистолет обр. 1930 г. (1941 printing), p. 44 (PDF p. 48))"
    },
    {
      "id": "function-check",
      "title": "Function check",
      "checks": [
        "Verify all seven chambers are empty before each check.",
        "Cock the hammer slowly and confirm the cylinder both indexes and moves FORWARD to seal against the barrel.",
        "With the hammer at full cock, confirm the cylinder is locked and seated forward.",
        "Press the trigger and confirm a clean hammer fall and that the cylinder returns rearward.",
        "Cycle the action in double action through all seven chambers.",
        "Confirm the loading gate latches and the ejector rod stows securely.",
        "If the cylinder does not move forward on cocking, the gas-seal mechanism is not working — see a gunsmith."
      ],
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "id": null,
      "title": "7.62mm Nagant Revolver Model 1895 Manual",
      "publisher": "Russian Imperial Army / USSR Ministry of Defence",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "id": null,
      "title": "Small Arms Identification and Operation Guide — Eurasian Communist Countries",
      "publisher": "U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency",
      "reliability": "secondary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "id": "1941-scan-hosted-on-archive-org-bdc1d7",
      "title": "Наставление по стрелковому делу (НСД-38). Револьвер обр. 1895 г. и пистолет обр. 1930 г. (1941 printing)",
      "publisher": "Народный комиссариат обороны СССР (Воениздат НКО), 1941 — scan hosted on archive.org",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://archive.org/details/nastavleniepostrelkovomudelunsd3830",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "id": "tier-410e3830",
      "title": "Wheelgun Wednesday: M1895 Nagant Trigger Job with a Bullet?",
      "publisher": "The Firearm Blog",
      "reliability": "secondary",
      "url": "https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/06/02/wheelgun-wednesday-nagant-trigger-job/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "id": "tier-9ac34552",
      "title": "More Than an Oddity: The Revolver Sistemy Nagana obr. 1895g",
      "publisher": "Firearms News",
      "reliability": "secondary",
      "url": "https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/more-than-an-oddity-the-revolver-sistemy-nagana-obr-1895g/78562",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    }
  ]
}