It's a Genuine Kerensky!!!
Well, just picked it up today from Bear Mountain guns...
Tula arsenal 1917, still has the "Petrograd" markings on the frame, s/n 401xx.
Looks like it was the subject of at least ONE rebuild, front sight is the later Soviet version, DA hammer marked with Soviet Star not the Tula mallet symbol, and it's got the "bleah" bakelite grips instead of the finely checkered pre-war walnut jobbers...
Finish is 100%, I'm suspecting an arsenal reblue during that rebuild sometime after 1919...
My .32 ACP cylinder...apparently needs a little tuning. Functions OK if I have the ejector rod deployed, but barely turns if I have the ejector assembly locked up tight! (Jeff Mangum, my local gunsmith is going to be getting some business!)
Once I get the new cylinder worked in, will commence to getting going on the SPECIAL Nagant loads for .32 ACP!
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