Revolver snub-nose .22
Country: 
Czech RepublicManufacturer: Kora Brno-style production
Small .22 LR snub-nose revolver in a 1980s Czechoslovak style, with a compact frame, short barrel and wooden grips, intended for discreet carry and close-range civilian or service defense.
Revolver snub-nose .22
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
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Identity
- Designation
- Revolver snub-nose .22
- Alias
- Kora Brno-style, 1984
- Manufacturer
- Kora Brno-style production
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Year
- 1984
- Category
- Pistol
- Status
- Historic
Ballistics
- Caliber
- .22 LR
- Muzzle velocity
- 260 m/s
- Effective range
- 25 m
- Maximum range
- 100 m
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 50 mm
- Overall length
- 155 mm
- Empty weight
- 0.55 kg
Mechanics
- Operating system
- Revolver a doppia/singola azione
- Bolt / action
- Tamburo rotante
Feed
- System
- Tamburo basculante 6 colpi
- Standard capacity
- 6 rounds
Fire modes
Historical profile
Compact .22 LR revolvers occupied a specific niche in Central Europe as recreational shooting, home-defense or concealed-carry arms, especially in markets where semi-automatic pistols were less common or more restricted.
The specimen represented here evokes Czechoslovak and Central European production lines of the early 1980s, with a short frame, six-shot cylinder and ergonomic wooden grips typical of sturdy but affordable commercial handguns.
Although not a military weapon, the snub-nose format remains interesting in the catalog for showing the evolution of compact handguns in the Eastern Bloc and continental Europe after World War II.
Variants
Main users
Civilian market cecoslovacco / centroeuropeo
Key components
- ●Stock — Shoulder rest.
- ●Receiver — Weapon body with internal mechanisms.
- ●Grip — Primary grip.
- ●Magazine — Cartridge feed.
- ●Barrel — Guides the projectile.
