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Nagant Pattern 1891 rifle Long Caption: Rifle. The barrel is secured to the stock by brass pins and the midsection of the barrel to the fore-end is encased in wood. There is a slot cut in the underside of the stock which contains a cleaning rod. A sling swivel is attached to the end of the magazine. The magazine holds five rounds. Bolt action lock. The barrel is rifled and fitted with a blade foresight and a tangent curved rearsight graduated from 1,300 to 3,000 metres. The calibre is 7.62mm. Inscribed on the magazine is: 'N294044' and on the bolt 'N452424', on the stock there is a brass label which reads 'FROM U135 SURRENDERED AT HARWICH, 20 NOVEMBER 1918'. Large quantities of these rifles were captured from the Russians and used by the Germans. U135 was launched 8 September 1917 and surrendered 20 November 1918. She sank off the east coast of Great Britain while en route to be broken up in 1921. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: AAA2566 Artist: Tula Arsenal Date: 1908 Medium: steel; brass; wood Size: 110 mm x 1300 mm x 50 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.