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Revolvers fitted with military extractors have the extractor located along the barrel while civilian revolvers have the extractor located offset from the barrel.

Military Extractor

Courtesy Geschichte und Technik der europaischen Militarrevolver,

Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission

Model 1873 with barrel and frame markings

Civilian Extractor

Model 1873 Navy

Built on a Chamelot-Delvigne type locking system with a solid frame, fixed cylinder, and mechanical rod ejection. Chambered for the 11mm cartridge and fitted with a 4.7" half-round half-octagon barrel. Non-fluted cylinder. It is both a single- and double-action revolver. Finish was left in the white. Marked “MRE D’ARMES ST. ETIENNE” on the right side of the frame. On top of the barrel marked “MLE 1873 M” or “NAVY.” There are many other small markings on the revolver as well. Weight is approximately 36 oz. Used by the French navy for its NCOs from 1874 to 1945. Built by French military armory at St. Etienne. Between 1873 and 1886 approximately 350,000 of these revolvers were produced.