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In the United States the ATF has the Gun Control Act definition as: For the purposes of the Gun Control Act of 1968, the term "Antique Firearms" means any firearm manufactured in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after ...
Salvator Dormus pistol (Austria-Hungary – pistol –1891/1895) San Yan Chong (China – hand cannon – 16th century) Slocum revolver (US – revolver – 1863/1865) Schmidt M1882 (Switzerland – revolver) Schmidt–Rubin rifles (Switzerland – rifle – 1889/1891) Schwarzlose Model 1898 (German Empire – semi-automatic pistol – 1898)
Note: Pre-1898 solid frame revolvers were designed for use with black powder loads. Using smokeless powder rounds with these revolvers may cause damage to the revolver and/or injury to the user. Note: Many of the above guns are stamped as "H&R .22 Special"/".22 W.R.F." or ".22 Winchester Rim Fire"
Diagram from the British patent for the Schwarzlose 1898. The Schwarzlose Model 1898 was a full-size, locked-breech, rotary-bolt, semi-automatic pistol invented by Prussian firearm designer Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose. [1] It was chambered for cartridges such as the 7.65×25mm Borchardt and 7.63×25mm Mauser. [2]
This gun was released in the early days of automatic pistols, and was a contemporary of the Mauser C96 and Borchardt C-93 pistols. [5] [2] The Bergmann 1894/1896/1897 pistols failed to achieve the same widespread success. [a] There are several variations, but the internal mechanisms remain almost the same in all of them.
In late 1898, a board of army officers held a test in Bern, Switzerland between multiple pistols. These pistols included the six shot capacity and 10 shot capacity Mauser C96, the Bergmann 1894, the Borchardt-Luger, the Roth-Theodorovic pistol, and the Mannlicher. The pistols were put through several tests, including assembly, explanation ...
That is, upon purchase, the purchaser must wait 10 days after the purchase before the firearm is released to the owner. On August 25, 2014, the California's 10-day waiting period for gun purchases was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California which found that "the 10-day waiting periods of Penal ...
This pistol is one of the most simple of blow-back semi-automatic pistols ever designed. The lockwork is essentially that of an elementary single action revolver. While technically listed as a 'hesitation' lock because of a delaying cam which has some theoretical tendency to slow down the opening of the breech, in actual practice it functions as an unlocked pistol.