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The gun-powered mouse trap proved inferior to spring-powered mousetraps descending from William C. Hooker's 1894 patent. However, the 1882 patent has continued to draw interest–including efforts to reconstruct a version of it–due to its unconventional design. [3] In 2015, Vox listed Williams' device as Number 5 on its list of "7 horrifying ...
The .25 ACP was hugely popular after its introduction, with many millions of pocket .25 "mouse guns" being offered on the market. Following the Gun Control Act of 1968, most foreign .25 pistols were too small to be imported, however some domestic manufacturers continued to build guns in the caliber. No new .25 ACP pocket pistols have been ...
North American Arms is a United States company, headquartered in Provo, Utah, that manufactures pocket pistols and mini- revolvers, also called mouse guns. [1] The company was originally named Rocky Mountain Arms when it was founded in 1972. In 1974 it was bought by new owners who renamed the company North American Manufacturing (NAM) and then ...
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is a 9-shot, .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless is an 8-shot, .380 ACP caliber variant introduced five years later.
The Mauser C96 (Construktion 96) [ 12 ] is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. [ 13 ] Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 20th century. [ 13 ][ 14 ]
Mauser, originally the Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik, was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols was produced beginning in the 1870s for the German armed forces. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mauser designs were also exported and licensed to many countries, which adopted ...
18 km/h (11 mph) (average road speed) [ 1 ] Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') is a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached before the testing ...
Hi-Point carbine. The Hi-Point carbine is a series of pistol-caliber carbines manufactured by Hi-Point Firearms chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, 10mm Auto, .45 ACP, .380 ACP and .30 Super Carry handgun cartridges. They are inexpensive as they are constructed using polymers and alloyed metals resulting in a reduction of production ...