Bodeo Model 1889: Difference between revisions

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 the [[First 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>