{"id":10903,"date":"2020-04-28T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/28\/the-sw-no-3-russian-model-made-at-tula-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2020-07-18T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T16:02:55","slug":"the-sw-no-3-russian-model-made-at-tula-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/28\/the-sw-no-3-russian-model-made-at-tula-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"The S&#038;W No.3 Russian Model Made at Tula in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z17aT3JzEDI?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RockIslandAuction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RockIslandAuction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is lot #3124 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed &#8211; check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though!<\/p>\n<p>The Russian government was the largest purchaser of Smith &#038; Wesson No.3 revolvers, buying more than 300,000 in total. These purchases began with guns bought directly from S&#038;W, also included guns purchased from Ludwig Loewe in Germany, and by the 1880s, the Tula Arsenal in Russia had tooled up to produce the guns under license. A total of about 35,000 were made there between 1886 and 1893, before they were replaced by the Model 1895 Nagant revolver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. Oracle #36270<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85740<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/ https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RockIslandAuction This is lot #3124 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed &#8211; check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The Russian government was the largest purchaser of Smith &#038; Wesson No.3 revolvers, buying more than 300,000 in total. 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