* RARE* RAST & GASSER Hungarian 1898 Military Revolver 8mm caliber! Exc! & O.B.O.!!REDUCED!!

!*RARE*! Original RAST & GASSER 1898 Austro-Hungarian Military revolver, Serial#29273,caliber 8mm. WIEN marked. Beautifully made-Built like a SWISS Watch, Very good overall, lots of blue starting to turn, Very good bore and tight mechanical condition. A very interesting and important military weapon with advanced features that was used by numerous forces in WWI & WWII but is mostly unknown in the U.S. Specifications; Ammunition: 8mm Gasser Length: 22.3 cm Rifling: 4-groove right-hand twist Empty weight: 935 g Capacity: 8 rounds FIOCCHI Ammuntion available at Midway for $38. per box!! Rast-Gassers featured some new elements of revolver design, as well as older elements already obsolete at the time of its manufacture. A solid-frame double-action revolver, it had a loading-gate through which individual cartridges are loaded, and extracted individually by an extractor rod. The firing pin was located on a transfer piece on the frame of the revolver rather than the hammer, an advancement at the time. Its ammunition is similar to but not interchangeable with that of the 8 mm French Ord. 180,000 copies were produced by the firm Leopold Gasser Waffenfabrik in Vienna from 1898 to 1912. The M1898 was planned to be replaced in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry by the Roth-Steyr M1907, and in the infantry by the Steyr M1912, prior to the outbreak of the First World War. However production of newer pistols was not sufficient and the weapon continued in service, especially issued to NCOs and officers. In some armies it was used up through Second World War, including Italy and Yugoslavia. The quality manufacture and the strength of the solid-frame design make it a reliable and consistent military weapon. $ 449 O.B.O. MAKE OFFER! MUST SELL! 3 Day Inspection Privilege. We accept Visa, M/C, Discover, Cashier's checks. Money Orders,Wire transfers transactions add 3%.U.S. POSTAL MONEY ORDERS preferred for your out all out our items available for sale!Click on the blue "All items from SBD Enterprises" tab in this ad! NO QUESTIONS ASKED RETURN POLICY