FRENCH MAS/Mle St. ETIENNE MODEL 1892 Listing ID: 2938551

This is a very nice, clean, mechanically sound, 131-year-old historical military revolver. The bore is sharp, and ammo is available online. The barrel date is 1893, which was the first year of actual production. I got it a couple of years ago in trade, so I don't know its history, but it is probably interesting, given its age.

The Model 1892 revolver (also known as the "Lebel revolver" and the "St. Etienne 8mm") is a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver. It was the standard issue sidearm for officers in the French military during the First World War.

The Modèle 1892 revolver is a solid-frame revolver with the cylinder on a separate frame swinging right for manual reloading. The Modèle 1892 was first fielded in 1893 and was prominent among French military officers during First World War, and later the French police until the mid-1960s.