The '''Bodeo Model 1889''' ({{lang-langx|it|Pistola a Rotazione, Sistema Bodeo, Modello 1889}}) was an Italian revolver named after the head of the Italian firearm commission, Carlo Bodeo. It was produced by a wide variety of manufacturers between 1889 and 1931 in both Spain and Italy. The Bodeo was employed by the [[Royal Italian Army]] in [[World War I]], the [[Interwar]] Italian colonial wars, and [[World War II]]. The Bodeo was manufactured in three distinct varieties, the Tipo A for Enlisted soldiers, the Tipo B for Officers.
==History==
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The Tipo B Revolvers can be distinguished from Tipo A revolvers by the presence of a trigger guard. This variation was manufactured by many firms both before and after World War I, and many Tipo B revolvers were adopted for use by local police forces, as well as the Italian custom's officers. <ref name="Page 78">{{cite book |last1=Pettinelli | page = 78|first1=Ruggero F. |title=Bodeo 1889. Il revolver degli italiani |date=2015 |publisher=Edisport Editoriale |isbn=978-8888593579}}</ref>
==Design details==
The Bodeo Model 1889 is a solid-framed, six-shot revolver.<ref name="pow50" /> The barrel, the cylinder, the trigger components, the loading gate, the ejection rod, the springs and the screws were made in steel; while the frame, the backplate, and the ejection rod collar were made of iron. An external hammer block drop safety was designed and retrofitted to many revolvers in 1894, though this external hammer block safety was replaced with an internal safety during an arsenal refinishing program in 1915.<ref>{{cite book |page = 36 |last1=Pettinelli |first1=Ruggero F. |title=Bodeo 1889. Il revolver degli italiani |date=2015 |publisher=Edisport Editoriale |isbn=978-8888593579}}</ref> Prior to [[World War I]], the infantry version of the Bodeo was originally produced "in the white". The Italians underwent a program to arsenal refinish many revolvers in 1915, with changes including [[Bluing (steel)|bluing]] the revolvers and installation of an internal hammer block drop safety. Later models of the Bodeo were blued from the factory.<ref name="Page 40">{{cite book |last1=Pettinelli | page = 40 |first1=Ruggero F. |title=Bodeo 1889. Il revolver degli italiani |date=2015 |publisher=Edisport Editoriale |isbn=978-8888593579}}</ref>
