Gasser Revolvers

The Austrian Gasser series of revolvers was produced from 1870 to 1918, covering a variety of models and calibers including the original Austrian army issued 11x46mm M1870 and M1870/74, the privately-purchased 9x26mm Gasser-Kropatschek M1876 officer's revolver, the 11.75x36mm M1870/74 and M1880 Montenegrin models produced for sale in the Balkans, and the 8x27mm WW1-era Rast-Gasser M1898.
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Gasser revolvers have been used by the following actors in the following movies and television series:
==Gasser M1870 Army==
The Gasser Armeerevolver M1870 was an Austrian army revolver of 11.3 x 36 mm R caliber developed by Leopold Gasser and in service with the land forces of Austria-Hungary from 1870 to 1918. The first tests, carried out on August 10, 1869, already brought a thoroughly positive assessment of the weapons. The test commission stated in its report that the "disassembly and assembly of this weapon required a relatively small amount of time and was also easier to accomplish than with other known revolvers due to the simplicity of the components". However, it was not the Army that initially reacted to the excellent test results, but the Navy Section, which, after additional tests of its own, first ordered 300 Mannschaftsrevolver (crew revolvers) and then another 400 pieces as armament for all senior noncommissioned officers, all helmsmen, for the first officer of each ship, all gunsmiths, the manning of boat and field guns, and the boatmen of landing craft.
On August 14, 1870, the M1870 revolver was introduced in place of the earlier single-shot muzzle-loading pistol for, among others, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the cavalry, for mounted non-commissioned officers of the artillery and for the military transport corps of the land forces of Austria-Hungary. A slightly modified naval version also existed.
The 11.3 x 36 mm R cartridge was the same as that used in the Model 1867 carbine but was loaded with less powder for the revolver. Mix-ups led to various accidents and soon to the development of the M 1870/74 revolver, with a steel frame and an improved barrel mounting screw. It should not be confused with the M1870/74 Montenegrin model (the main external difference is the ejector design).
The Gasser M1870 was also exported to the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire since 1874 and was also the standard revolver of the militia of the Kingdom of Montenegro from 1910.
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Treasure of Silver Lake 	Lex Barker 	Old Shatterhand 	Mocked-up as "Special "Henry" rifle"	1962
Last of the Renegades 	Lex Barker 	Old Shatterhand 	Mocked-up as "Special "Henry" rifle"	1964
The Desperado Trail 	Lex Barker 	Old Shatterhand 	Mocked-up as "Special "Henry" rifle"	1965
Winnetou and the Crossbreed	Lex Barker 	Old Shatterhand 	Mocked-up as "Special "Henry" rifle"	1966
The Valley of Death 	Lex Barker 	Old Shatterhand 	Mocked-up as "Special "Henry" rifle"	1968
Sherlock: Case of Evil 	James D'Arcy 	Sherlock Holmes 	 	2002
Sherlock: Case of Evil 	Nicholas Gecks	Inspector Lestrade	 	2002
The Golden Compass 	Jim Carter 	John Faa 	 	2007
===Video Game===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Note 	Release Date
Battlefield 1	"Gasser M1870" 	 	2016
Isonzo 	"Gasser M.1870"	Added with the 2023 Grappa Expansion	2022
==Gasser M1873==
An improved version of the M1870, which should not be confused with the subsequent 1870/74 "Montenegrin". One of the innovations was the swing-out ejector (although the long-barrel version retained the side-mount), and the 5-round cylinder. The main external difference from other models is the closed-top frame.
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
There, Far, Beyond the River (Tam vdali, za rekoy)	Vladimir Shakalo	Vasya Dudar	 	1975
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note/Episde	Air Date
Waves of the Black Sea (Volny Chyornogo morya) 	Sergey Nikonenko	Rodion Zhukov 	Film 1 	1976
In Search for Captain Grant (V poiskakh kapitana Granta)	 	Bob Tar's men 	 	1986
In Search for Captain Grant (V poiskakh kapitana Granta)	Oleg Shtefanko 	Capt. John Mangles	 	1986
==Gasser Montenegrin M1870/74==
The Gasser M1870 Army revolver was also modified in some details and introduced as the M1870/74 (or M/1870-74) "Montenegrin". This is the "original" Montenegrin model, first received this nickname, which is sometimes incorrectly attributed "retroactively" to earlier models. It inherited the swing-out ejector (which allegedly made it easier to carry around a belt) and 5-round cylinder from the M1873. Again, this should not be confused with the M1870/74 Army revolver.
Gasser had already stopped supplying M/1870-74 revolvers before 1880 but served from 1880 to 1919.
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Lemonade Joe 	Josef Hlinomaz 	Grimpo 	 	1962
The End of Agent W4C 	Jan Libícek 	Resident 	 	1967
Shades of Fern (Stín kapradiny) 	Marek Probosz 	Rudolf Aksamit	 	1984
Shades of Fern (Stín kapradiny) 	Zbigniew Suszynski	Václav Kala 	 	1984
Armed and Dangerous 	 	 	Seen in O'Connell's collection; M1870/74 Montenegrin or M1876	1986
Journey Southwest (Cesta na jihozápad)	Ivan Palúch 	Jeff 	 	1989
Journey Southwest (Cesta na jihozápad)	Oldrich Vlach 	Bill 	 	1989
===Television===
Title 	Actor	Character	Note/Episde 	Air Date
Midsomer Murders	 	 	"Ring Out Your Dead" (S05E03)	2002
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian	A decease gunman	Ep. 07 "The Perfumer"	2011
==Gasser-Kropatschek M1876==
The smaller version chambered for 9x26Rmm, was designed by Alfred Kropatschek. It has a 6-round cylinder.
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
Slavers 	Trevor Howard	Alec Mackenzie 	 	1978
Zelary 	 	The partisan 	 	2003
The Illusionist	Rufus Sewell 	Crown Prince Leopold	 	2006
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note/Episde	Air Date
The Crown Prince	Max von Thun	Crown Prince Rudolf	 	2006
==Gasser M1880 "Montenegrin"==
thumb|right|400px|Gasser Montenegrin M1880 - 11.25x36mmR Gasser
A top-break variant of the Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin, also known as "Second Montenegrin Model"; in spite of the name, this version wasn't ever formally adopted by the Montenegrin military.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Paris Commune (Zori Parizha) 	Viktor Stanitsyn 	Karl Steiper 	Possibly M1880 	1936
The Prisoner of Zenda 	Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	Rupert of Hentzau	Bone-handled Gasser Montenegrin M1880	1937
The Prisoner of Zenda 	Ronald Colman 	Rudolf Rassendyll	Bone-handled Gasser Montenegrin M1880	1937
The Prisoner of Zenda 	C. Aubrey Smith 	Colonel Zapt 	Bone-handled Gasser Montenegrin M1880	1937
The Prisoner of Zenda 	Byron Foulger 	Johann 	Bone-handled Gasser Montenegrin M1880	1937
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror	 	 	seen on the wall 	1942
Lemonade Joe 	Various 	 	 	1962
McCabe and Mrs. Miller 	Warren Beatty 	John McCabe 	 	1971
Jane Austen's Mafia! 	Stefan Lysenko 	Ruffo 	 	1998
The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) 	Didier Bienaimé 	D'Hevrais 	 	2005
The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) 	Olga Krasko 	Varvara Suvorova 	 	2005
==Rast & Gasser M1898==
The Rast & Gasser M1898 was an 8-shot revolver with a cocking trigger. The cylinder could not be unfolded, instead, the cartridge chambers had to be loaded individually. This was done by a loading flap on the right behind the cylinder. Then, by means of the ejector rod under the barrel, the empty cases could be removed one by one, then the cartridges were reloaded one after the other. The cylinder was rotated by pulling the trigger. Opening the loading door simultaneously disconnected the trigger from the hammer, so that no shot could come loose during the loading process. Workmanship and reliability were at a high level, but the bullet energy and man-stopping power proved to be too low. The angle of the grip also made the gun somewhat unwieldy. The reason for the steep grip angle was the standing firing position with an angled arm, which was the case at the time, unlike today. Although the model was replaced by the Roth-Steyr M1907 pistol as early as 1907, the revolver remained in use until the Second World War.
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===Film===
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| rowspan=2|Lenin in October (Lenin v oktyabre) || Nikolai Chaplygin || Poruchik Kirilin || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1937
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| Vasili Vanin || Matveyev
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| The Return of Maxim (Vozvrashchenie Maksima) || || A Gorodovoy || || 1937
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| rowspan=2|Pavel Korchagin || Leonid Parkhomenko || Kholyava || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1956
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| Lev Perfilov || Franz Klavichek
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| The Good Soldier Schweik (Dobrý voják Švejk) || (uncredited) || Gavrilo Princip || || 1957
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| The Fabulous World of Jules Verne || Frantisek Slégr || Captain Spade || || 1958
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| Forty-Four Mutineers || || Austro-Hungarian officer || || 1959
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| Lemonade Joe || Various || || || 1962
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| Az oroszlán ugrani készül || Irén Psota || Helga || || 1969
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| rowspan=2|The Eighth (Osmiyat) || Stoycho Mazgalov || Stamen || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1969
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| Prodan Nonchev || "Student" 
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| On a Comet || Emil Horváth || Lieutenant Serdavac || || 1970
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| Adios, Sabata || Dean Reed || Ballantine || || 1970
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| rowspan=2|The Flight (Beg) || Mikhail Ulyanov || General Charnota || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1970
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| Vladimir Basov || Artur Arturovich
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|rowspan=2|The Robber a Legend || Eduard Cupák || Jindrich Legenda || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1972
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| Jan Skopecek || Petrícek
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| The Assassination of Trotsky || Richard Burton || Leon Trotsky || || 1972
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| Ludwig || Umberto Orsini || Count von Holnstein || || 1973
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| Blood Brothers (I guappi) || Fabio Testi || Don Gaetano Fungillo || || 1974
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| rowspan=2|The Pacing Mustang (Mustang-inokhodets) || Mikhail Golubovich || Wild Jo Calone || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1976
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| Aleksey Chernov || Thomas "Turkeytrack" Bates
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| Concorde Affaire '79 || Venantino Venantini || Forsythe || || 1979
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|rowspan=3|The Duel (Duelul) || Sergiu Nicolaescu || Tudor Moldovan || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1981
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| Ion Ritiu || Rica Pasarin
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| || Street boys
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| Island of Lost Ships (Ostrov pogibshikh korabley) || || Islanders || || 1987
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| rowspan=2|Sherlock: Case of Evil || James D'Arcy || Sherlock Holmes || || rowspan=2|2002
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| Vincent D'Onofrio || Moriarty ||
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| rowspan=5|The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) || Aleksandr Baluev || Gen. Sobolev || rowspan=5| || rowspan=5|2005
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| Aleksandr Lykov || Capt. Perepyolkin
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| Aleksey Guskov || Kazanzaki
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| Vladimir Ilyin || Gen. Mizinov
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| || Russian soldiers
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| Guard No. 47 || Karel Roden || František Douša || || 2008
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| Sucker Punch || || A German soldier || || 2011
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| Jojo Rabbit || || Volkssturm fighter || || 2019
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| Secret in the Mountain || || || || 2019
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===Television===
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| Bors || István Sztankay || Máté Bors || Ep.1 || 1968
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| rowspan=2|Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Sherlok Holms i doktor Vatson) || Boryslav Brondukov || Inspector Lestrade|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1980
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| Igor Dmitriev || Inspector Gregson
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| The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sobaka Baskerviley) || Nikita Mikhalkov || Sir Henry Baskerville || || 1981
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|Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský|| Rudolf Jelínek || Josef Slavík || 1th episode || 1986
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| The Life of Klim Samgin (Zhizn Klima Samgina) || || A revolutionary || Ep.8 || 1988
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| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles || || A French officer || Ep. "Trenches of Hell" || 1992-1994
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| CSI Andel (Kriminálka Andel) - Season 1|| || Arms in the shop || "Baba na zabití" (S1E09) || 2008
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| rowspan=4|Sherlock Holmes || Mikhail Boyarskiy || Inspector Lestrade || rowspan=4| || rowspan=4|2013
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| Aleksey Gorbunov || Professor Moriarty
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| Igor Sklyar || Thaddeus Sholto
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| || Robbers
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| Vienna Blood - Season 2 || Juergen Maurer || Oskar Reinhardt || Ep. 04 "The Melancholy Countess" and Ep. 05 "The Devil’s Kiss" || 2021
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===Video Game===
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| Tannenberg || "Rast & Gasser M1898" || || || 2019
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| Isonzo || "Rast & Gasser M1898" || || || 2022
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