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ah I missed a comma there but the main part I need is the pawl it self the 2 springs I can probably fudge making and get them to work if I have to but the pawl is hard to make from scratch with no pic of one
 
Ok so I'm gonna bump this thread again as it seems to be the best place anywhere online for info on these old Dutch guns. Last fall I got 2 of these 1873 models, one is an old model army and the other is a smaller "officer model" BUT it doesn't have the push-button style basepin. Just wondering if anyone can ID what model it is exactly and when it was produced? Thanks
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Hello Milspectacles,
The Dutch officer models without the push-button base pin was made by E. de Beaumont and J.F.J.Bar.
The first officer revolvers were the standard M/73. Privately purchased by the officers but officially inspected.
Short time later the smaller model with the push-buttom base pin was offered for officers.

Remark:
Details of the Dutch revolvers have been published in the book "Die Militärrevolver der Niederlande"
by Heinrich E. Harder and Walter A. Dreschler.
Printed in 1998 in German but all pictures and drawings are also translated in English.
 
Thanks Heinrich, I've been trying to find your book but I don't think it was ever sold here but there are some used ones in Germany that I could probably get in. I'm still a bit confused though as this is smaller than the standard M73 I have but you are saying the smaller frame was introduced with the push-button model. I don't have a push-button model to compare between the two so is that one even smaller...? The cylinder and grip frame is smaller on this than on my standard model.
 
Hi. Your smaller revolver is an officer's model. Please pull out the cylinder pin. Then check whether there is a small step at the bottom of the cylinder bore. This small step was the necessary to fix the correct cylinder pin with the small hook under the push-button.
The cylinder pin of your officer's model is the pin for the M/91 revolver! This type was issued at the Netherlands India troops.
Concerning the mentioned book, I think you will get it at one of the following book dealers:
.zwab.com
.amazon.de
.bolk-antiques.nl
 
Wow, definitely didn't see make any connection to it being from the M91 model but I see you are quite right. I will check for the step in the cylinder when I have it out in the shop later tonight. Would it be most likely that this is a post-import mismatch of parts? It seems a bit odd for an arsenal fix/replacement. I unfortunately can't ask the previous owner as I got it from the estate sale of an old bachelor.
I also see your book is available at those vendors so I shall place an order with one of them soon.
 
Hello Heinrich and everyone else with so much information here. I have inherited a M.1873 OM revolver and I have a question regarding it. I have read several times that these revolvers were manufactured by WerkPlaats voor Dragbare Wapenen for a short time ending in 1898. For example, "The "W.D.W" marked Dutch M. 1873 Old Model revolvers are quite scarce. They were manufactured from 1897 to 1898. Only 728 of such revolvers were manufactured by this maker in Hembrug."
As you can see in the pictures I attached of my revolver, it has the WDW in the oval but it is stamped "1900." I am wondering if these other people are wrong about the manufacturing dates or if there is another explanation. Thanks in advance!
 
Hi all. I'm still wondering if anyone knows the answer to my question above - is it possible for an 1873 OM revolver to have been manufactured by WDW in 1900? Others have said they stopped making them in 1898 but mine is stamped with a "1900" below the WDW stamp.
 
Hi you all,

I've a question about my own m.73 dutch revolver and I hope you guys can help me. I know it is an old model made in Maastricht. But that's is the only thing I know. The revolver has been in the water for a while, so it's in a okay condition but some codes are hard to read.

Serial number: 1851
Code on chamber: IB
Code on revolver: a crown with a S beneath it.
Factory name: Debeauk (or debeauh) Maastricht
 

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