Original Austrian Massive M1870 Rast & Gasser Patent 11.3mm Revolver by Leopold Gasser serial 187043 - c.1885 Garand & U.S. Rifles The shoulder-straps were of plaited

The shoulder-straps were of plaited gold chain gimp lined with blue and bore the rank badges in silver

with great research potential

44-40 caliber with a special order 28 inch round barrel

the type was operated in the maritime patrol capacity between 1957 and 1984

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Original Austrian Massive M1870 Rast & Gasser Patent 11.3mm Revolver by Leopold Gasser serial 187043 - c.1885 Garand & U.S. Rifles The shoulder-straps were of plaitedOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Gasser M1870 was a revolver chambered for 11. 336mmR and was adopted by the Austro Hungarian Cavalry in 1870. It was an open frame model, with the barrel unit attached to the frame by a screw beneath the cylinder arbor. The arbor pin was screwed into the barrel unit and fitted into a recess in the standing breech. The cylinder was gate loaded from the right side, and a rod ejector was carried beneath the barrel.