In 1892, the French Army started receiving the 1892 Modele d'Ordonnance revolver, chambered for an anemic 8MM cartridge, and sometimes erroneously referred to as a Lebel. It remained standard issue until 1935.
It wasn't very accurate--they had decided to save money by using the same drilling and boring equipment used for their 8MM rifles. The twist rate didn't work well at all.
Not only that, their production capacity was insufficient. To make up for the shortfall, they purchased, as a substitute standard, a revolver from Eibar in Spain.
It was a copy of the S&W Military and Police Revolver--chambered for the French 8mm cartridge.
This was news to me.
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/eibar-spanish-model-92-revolver/
I learned about it in Pistols: an illustrated history of their impact, by Jeff Kinard. That's an excellent book.
The revolver is not mentioned in The Book of Pistols and Revolvers, by W.H.G. Smith.
It wasn't very accurate--they had decided to save money by using the same drilling and boring equipment used for their 8MM rifles. The twist rate didn't work well at all.
Not only that, their production capacity was insufficient. To make up for the shortfall, they purchased, as a substitute standard, a revolver from Eibar in Spain.
It was a copy of the S&W Military and Police Revolver--chambered for the French 8mm cartridge.
This was news to me.
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/eibar-spanish-model-92-revolver/
I learned about it in Pistols: an illustrated history of their impact, by Jeff Kinard. That's an excellent book.
The revolver is not mentioned in The Book of Pistols and Revolvers, by W.H.G. Smith.
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