I'm reading "Red Mutiny" about the 1905 mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin. The author describes how one officer fired two revolver shots and missed the main mutineer "at point blank range", whatever "point blank" means, I assume the author means "could hardly miss". If he was firing a Nagant double action it would have been more surprising if he had hit his intended target. I bought one just to show people what I consider to be the most ridiculous handgun ever adopted for military service, it has not one single redeeming quality, aside from being weird. I can only pity the Russian cavalryman who had to turn in a .44 Smith & Wesson for one of those silly toys. I tried it with Russian "match ammo", Fiocchi ammo and a few handloads and I suppose with better sights it would be an OK small game gun but for military use? I'd rather have a saber. I polished the insides and got the single action pull down to three pounds and the double action pull is much lighter than originally but still way off my gauge.
