An Excellent WW1 Austrian Rast & Gasser Revolver.These revolvers were originally patented by L Gasser in Vienna, early in the 1870s. The earliest model of this revolver was chambered for an 11.2 mm black powder cartridge and introduced in 1870. In the 1880s, a 9 mm version, also black powder, was introduced.
This model 1898 of 8 mm calibre was used in World War 1 by the Austrians. Large numbers were seized by the Italians at the end of the war. As a result, many of these revolvers saw service in World War 2 in the hands of Italian troops. It is chambered for eight cartridges and has a 4½ inch long barrel. It bears the stamp 'PATENT RAST & GASSER WIEN' on the forward, left hand side of the frame. Deactivated with a working action it can be cocked and dry fired.
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