1882 W+F Swiss Revolver

panda · 12-28-2003, 10:15 AM

OK Mr. Tacfoley,

I probably didn't express myself very clearly.

When I meant non-military, I meant that it wasn't issued to the army but to civilians. It is absolutely correct that the 1882 was designed for a military purpose to replace the much to heavy 1878 revolver. (Once you've held an 1878 in one hand and an 1882 in your other hand you'll notice that it's not just the barrel that is longer :->&gt

Although it's not what I'm after but since you raise the issue, the W+F 1882 was still issued to the troops (non-officers) after the CH Parabelum 1900 and 1906 had been introduced (for officers). The 1882 was then replaced by the simplified 1882/29 revolver and issued to the troops simultaneously with the 1906/29 Parabellum.

And all these guns, although designed for military purposes as rightfully pointed out, were also produced for purely civil uses (officials like police as well as purely private) as the one shown above, the civil serial numbers starting with a P- (not to be mistaken with the privatisation P stamped onto the military guns that were issued to the retiring soldiers). However, the corresponding civil holsters of the revolvers were sometimes different (as shown above) to the ordinance holsters.

The question remains: was this revolver issued to officials (police or else) or not?

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12-28-2003, 10:15 AM	#2
panda User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 148 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	OK Mr. Tacfoley, I probably didn't express myself very clearly. When I meant non-military, I meant that it wasn't issued to the army but to civilians. It is absolutely correct that the 1882 was designed for a military purpose to replace the much to heavy 1878 revolver. (Once you've held an 1878 in one hand and an 1882 in your other hand you'll notice that it's not just the barrel that is longer :->&gt Although it's not what I'm after but since you raise the issue, the W+F 1882 was still issued to the troops (non-officers) after the CH Parabelum 1900 and 1906 had been introduced (for officers). The 1882 was then replaced by the simplified 1882/29 revolver and issued to the troops simultaneously with the 1906/29 Parabellum. And all these guns, although designed for military purposes as rightfully pointed out, were also produced for purely civil uses (officials like police as well as purely private) as the one shown above, the civil serial numbers starting with a P- (not to be mistaken with the privatisation P stamped onto the military guns that were issued to the retiring soldiers). However, the corresponding civil holsters of the revolvers were sometimes different (as shown above) to the ordinance holsters. The question remains: was this revolver issued to officials (police or else) or not?