“Despite having this novel gas-sealing mechanism, [the M1895 Nagant] still loaded and unloaded like a traditional single-action revolver. It had a loading gate on the right side of the frame that you had to open up, and then you had to manually remove cartridges and manually insert cartridges one at a time. So very cumbersome, very slow to load and unload,” said Evan Brune, American Rifleman executive editor. “The other standout element of the Nagant revolver was that it had a horrifically heavy trigger pull. Trigger pulls range anywhere from about 12 lbs. in single-action mode to 20 lbs. in double-action.”
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