Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Italian Bodeo revolver With Arabic markings

kahnjar1 · 6th April 2013, 06:35 AM

Thanks for posting the pics. Although I can not throw any definate light on the script, it is quite possible that it was part of a "contract" lot supplied to one of the then Italian "colonies/conquests" situated in the middle east.
Some details of the Bodeo Service Revolver....
Cal .41 (10.4mm) 4 Groove right hand rifling
The model you show is the Service Revolver of 1889 which remained in service for about 50 years, as the standard Italian service revolver.
These were also made with a round barrel and a non folding trigger and trigger guard. Made in several Italian factories and during WW1 were also made in Spain.
As an example of this sort of marking, the Remington Rolling block rifle was supplied in numbers to Egypt, and marked with arabic script.
Stu

6th April 2013, 06:35 AM	#6
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,730	Thanks for posting the pics. Although I can not throw any definate light on the script, it is quite possible that it was part of a "contract" lot supplied to one of the then Italian "colonies/conquests" situated in the middle east. Some details of the Bodeo Service Revolver.... Cal .41 (10.4mm) 4 Groove right hand rifling The model you show is the Service Revolver of 1889 which remained in service for about 50 years, as the standard Italian service revolver. These were also made with a round barrel and a non folding trigger and trigger guard. Made in several Italian factories and during WW1 were also made in Spain. As an example of this sort of marking, the Remington Rolling block rifle was supplied in numbers to Egypt, and marked with arabic script. Stu Last edited by kahnjar1; 6th April 2013 at 07:29 AM.