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Röhm RG-14. The Röhm RG-14 is a double-action, six-shot revolver chambered in .22, formerly manufactured and sold by Röhm Gesellschaft of Sontheim/Brenz, Germany. It is notable for being the model of firearm used by John Hinckley Jr. to shoot Ronald Reagan on 30 March 1981. [1] Until 1968, the guns were manufactured in Germany.
Röhm RG-14, used in the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981. On display at the US Secret Services' restricted-access museum, 2022 [2]. In the early 1950s, Röhm GmbH of Sontheim/Brenz, which was traditionally focused on the production of chucking tools, diversified its product line and began to produce gas alarm guns, flare guns, starting pistols and handguns.
Raven Arms was a firearms manufacturer established in 1970 by firearms designer George Jennings. The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibiting the importation of inexpensive handguns prompted Jennings to design the MP-25, a .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol, and enter the firearms business. Raven has been referred to as the original "Ring of Fire ...
COP .357 Derringer. A COP.357 Derringer. 1.75 lb (0.8 kg) empty. 5.6 inches (14.2 cm). 3.25 inches (8.255 cm). Break-open with extractors for reloading, double-action trigger with rotating firing pin selector. The COP .357 is an American 4-shot Derringer -type pistol chambered for .357 Magnum. The double-action weapon is about twice as wide and ...
Weihrauch's first model revolver was the HW-3 produced in 1960, followed in 1962 by the HW-4, and since 1965 the HW-5. These revolvers were named after the chief of the Germanic Cherusci tribe, Arminius (Latinized name) who led Teutonic warriors to victory against Rome during the later stages of Roman Emperor Augustus ' reign.
Sights. Fixed iron sights, front—blade, rear—notch. The Sauer 38H or often just H was a small semi-automatic pistol made in Nazi Germany from 1938 until just after the end of World War II by J. P. Sauer & Sohn, then based in Suhl, Germany. The "H" in the model number is short for "hahn", referring to the internal hammer of the firing mechanism.
The Ortgies 7.65 mm pistol was a hammerless semi-automatic pistol that was produced in Germany in the years immediately after World War I, first by its inventor Heinrich Ortgies and then by Deutsche Werke. Inexpensive, but of good quality, the pistol achieved considerable success at contemporary shooting competitions [1] and, as an export ...
400 m (1,300 ft) Feed system. 6-Round, Revolving, Swing Out-Type Cylinder. Sights. folded, ladder-type rear sight. The RG-6 (GRAU designation 6G30) is a Russian 40 mm, six-shot, revolver -type grenade launcher developed between 1993 and 1994 by Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Weapons (TsKIB SOO), Tula, Russia.