M1870 Montenegrin Gasser Type Revolver.

A real brute of a revolver, large calibre which looks like 11.2mm. The title 'Montenegrin Gasser' covers a variety of six-chamber large calibre revolvers. The standard issue in the Montenegrin military was the Austrian M1870 Gasser which became known as the Montenegrin Gasser. in 1910 King Nicholas I of Montenegro proclaimed that all male citizens were members of a national militia and had both a right and a duty to own at least one Gasser Pattern revolver under penalty of law. This one has a lot of faults but with a little effort, it could be made into a valuable collectable revolver. It probably would have been nickel plated, this is gone, and the surface has small pitting mostly all over. I have not had this revolver apart. But it feels like the trigger spring is broken or the trigger is not engaged with the hammer, but the hammer spiring feels ok. At the moment it does not hold in a cocked position, due to the trigger spring, but nothing seems jammed everything is moving nicely. It has various proof marks, the cylinder has several marks and numbers. The base of the barrel is marked M (crown mark) and R under. On the top of the barrel N with crown over,
An excellent restoration project of a very sort after obsolete calibre revolver, sold as seen, please see detailed pictures for condition. It measures approximately 11 inches long.
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Code: 30093