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The first successful self-loader was the Gatling gun, a hand-cranked revolver. It was invented by Richard Jordan Gatling and fielded by the Union forces during the American Civil War. Self-loaders use energy to reload. The world's first machine gun was the Maxim gun, developed by British inventor Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884.
An Ortgies pistol chambered in 6.35 mm, was presented to Eva Braun by Adolf Hitler. It differs only slightly from a standard Ortgies pistol, in that it has a small gold plate inlaid into the side of the slide, stamped "Eva Braun". The pistol was removed from her house following World War II, and has made its way through a few auction houses ...
The Bergmann 1894/1896/1897 was a family of 19th-century semi-automatic pistols developed by German designer Louis Schmeisser and sold by Theodor Bergmann's company. [3] [4] This gun was released in the early days of automatic pistols, and was a contemporary of the Mauser C96 and Borchardt C-93 pistols.
Serbia: Received a number of pistols as reparations from Germany and Austria after World War I [85] Shanghai International Settlement: M1930 model bought by police [77] South African Republic: 100 were bought after a Portuguese firm in Mozambique provided Piet Joubert with samples. Additionally, a number were privately purchased by burghers. [86]
Semi-automatic pistol Czechoslovakia: 1,000,000+ [134] Mauser C96 (and derivatives) Semi-automatic pistol Machine pistol German Empire: 1,000,000+ 920,000-984,000 C96, [135] 98,000 M712 'Schnellfeuer' [136] Tens of thousands of Spanish and Chinese copies [137] [138] Beretta Model 38: Submachine gun Italy: 1,000,000 Marlin Model 1894: Lever ...
In the U.S., Model 1900 pistols in 7.65 Parabellum caliber (aka .30 Luger in the U.S.) were first imported by Georg Luger, then by a DWM sales agent, Hans Tauscher, until World War I. [42] Referred to at the time as the 'Borchardt-Luger' by U.S. authorities, Tauscher consistently referred to the pistol in his marketing and advertising materials ...
This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.
The PP models were the first mass-produced pistols with stamped parts. Still, the overall increase in dependability and high production quality with lower relative manufacturing costs made them the best option to replace the P-08 Luger. In 1938, Nazi Germany awarded the contract for that replacement to Walther for the 9mm P38.