Nagant Revolver Ammo Summary

[Krippp]

The Model1895 Nagant revolver will shoot any of the following ammo safely and without blowing a ton of anything out of the gap between the cylinder and barrel:  7.62X38R(Nagant), .32 S&W Longs and .32 H&R Magnums.  I regularly shoot all 3 of those calibers from both of my Nagants, there is a more pronounced smoke screen from the cylinder/barrel gap with anything but the correct 7.62 Nagant ammo but it is no more than any .38 special round fired from my .38 Rossi Model 352.  The Nagants gas seal mechanism is the reason that these other .32 caliber ammos are safe to shoot as the cylinder slides foward to meet the barrel creating a pseudo gas seal, this works great with the correct ammo making it virtually leak free but you will notice a little more smoke with the other .32 calibers.  The worst thing you have to wory about is the fact that after shooting the other .32's from the gun you will not be able to reload them as the cases will bulge everytime.  The Nagant correct ammo is more accurate and i certainly recommend that you order some from any number of places on the net that carry it as it has been a wonderful addition to the Hotshot brand and they alone have made shooting the Nagant a fairly inexpensive task.  The other calibers were experimented with for many years before by alot of guys who didn't want to pay $40-$50 for a box of 25 or 50 rnds.  But Hotshot introduced a new production of this caliber and it has been selling and performing great.  If you don't have the correct ammo for this particular gun then by all means feel safe shooting the 2 other .32 calibers but do search for and buy a few boxes of Hotshot 7.62 Nagant ammo for the long run.

[roadkill46]

love shooting mine...i like the way the cylinder moves...freaks people out at the range when they don't know what they are.

[Krippp]

Here is a video showing the difference between 2 of the different cartridges that will fire from these guns, the first 3 shots are .32 H&R Magnum and the remaining 4 shots are of the Hotshot brand 7.62X38R Nagant ammo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4pT-OvfWNM&feature=channel_page

[barnetmill]

The Model1895 Nagant revolver will shoot any of the following ammo safely and without blowing a ton of anything out of the gap between the cylinder and barrel:  7.62X38R(Nagant), .32 S&W Longs and .32 H&R Magnums.  I regularly shoot all 3 of those calibers from both of my Nagants, there is a more pronounced smoke screen from the cylinder/barrel gap with anything but the correct 7.62 Nagant ammo

I do have a question about using the .32 H&R in nagants.  I would like to use it in mine, but due to its much higher pressure I have been relutant to try it.  I have no idea what pressure the nagant were designed to handle and I also do not know what pressures are developed by the .32 H&R Magnum.  The fact that nothing bad has happened is not definative proof that each and every nagant will survived such usage.
You might try wrapping your rounds in thin paper if case bulging is a problem.

[47_MasoN_47]

I shoot .32 S&W Shorts out of mine without having any problems.  They are pretty accurate too (I shot a computer monitor with it from 100 yards and it only took 5 tries ).  After shooting the shorts you will have to take a wire brush to the cylinder though.  The build up from where the bullet separates from the casing gets a bit thick and will cause the longer bullet casings to get stuck.

[Northside]

can you fire the .327 fed mag or is it too long?

[Krippp]

can you fire the .327 fed mag or is it too long?

  way too much pressure from the .327 federal for the frame of the nagant

[Jag]

PLEASE NOTE: YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE DROP-IN CONVERSION CYLINDERS FOR THE OTHER .32 CALIBER CARTRIDGES FOR THE NAGANT REVOLVER!  TRY LOOKING ONLINE AT SITES LIKE J&G SALES, ETC., IF YOU WANT THE ABILITY TO RELOAD YOUR BRASS FROM THE .32 S&W LONG AND .32 H&R MAGNUMS!

Sorry for the caps...my caps lock was on too long, and I didn't feel like retyping everythin...

...wasn't trying to shout at everyone...just figured I should at least point that bit of information out...

Thanks!

Jag   

[GWUISTER]

I reload 32-20 shells with a 74 gr cast bullet for a 32acp. I keep it a fairly light charge of Unique and it seems to be a very nice round for the Nagant. I takes a combo of .30 carbine and 32acp dies to load it but once I figured which to use and when it's a piece of cake.
-greg

[Relorian]

When I shoot my Nagant revolver, I prefer to use S&W Longs.

I've had a few ban occurrences with H&R Mags and blow back.  Its nothing that the standard pair of shooting glasses cant handle but it still a problem that i've only encountered with the mags.

When it comes down to .32 S&W longs vs HotShots 38r's, I still prefer the Longs.  The hotshots are nice for being the proper round but I can reload the .32 with my existing equipment.

[TheWiz]

I carry a Nagant.

I keep it loaded for carry with the original 7.62x38r round, however, for practice, it can be just as - if not more - expensive as shooting .45 at the range.
For training purposes I use S&W Long Wadcutters (Fiocchi brand I think? SP?), I also have a partial box of plain ordinary .32 S&W Long rounds. I have yet to try the H&R Mags yet. But will inevitably try it as I'm constantly in love with trying everything I can with this gun.

If you're looking for practice rounds, those Wadcutters are quite nifty and get the job done well. Paper genocide baby!

[Dane]

Here is a video showing the difference between 2 of the different cartridges that will fire from these guns, the first 3 shots are .32 H&R Magnum and the remaining 4 shots are of the Hotshot brand 7.62X38R Nagant ammo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4pT-OvfWNM&feature=channel_page

Link didn't work for me?

[Krippp]

I removed the videos from my youtube page, I got really tired of the moronic comments I was having to deal with.

How are you guys reloading the .32 brass?  I thought reloading bulged cases was a bad idea and every .32 case I fire out of mine bulges badly, whether it's .32 longs or H&R Magnums.

[TheWiz]

I removed the videos from my youtube page, I got really tired of the moronic comments I was having to deal with.

How are you guys reloading the .32 brass?  I thought reloading bulged cases was a bad idea and every .32 case I fire out of mine bulges badly, whether it's .32 longs or H&R Magnums.

To be quite honest I haven't had one bulged case. Maybe I'm just lucky?

[robertnmjr]

If you want soom info on russian guns and the nagant revolver go to www.h6x.net. On this site the nagant revolver is a collectors item and should not be shot because it could blow up on you. The bullets in the hotshot ammo is under sized and under powered at least thats indicated on this site.