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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 .
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.
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)
The Rast & Gasser M1898 is a double-action, solid-frame revolver that served as the standard sidearm for the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1898 to 1918, including during World War I. It was chambered for the 8mm Gasser cartridge, which was specifically designed for this revolver. The M1898 was manufactured by the Austrian firm Rast & Gasser and ...
This category is for articles about semi-automatic pistols introduced during the 19th century (1801–1900). Pages in category "19th-century semi-automatic pistols" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Pistole Parabellum or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known as just the Luger or Luger P08, [10] is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1949. The design was first patented by Georg Luger.
Browning's earliest 1895 pistol prototype. John Browning started his work on semi-automatic pistols in 1894, when he mostly finalized the M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun. [2] He initially tried to use the same gas action with a swinging piston, with a prototype ready to be shown to Colt in July 1895, [3] and applied for a patent [4] in ...
Schouboe Automatic Pistol: DISA: 11.35mm Schouboe.32 ACP Denmark: 1903 Schönberger-Laumann 1892: Œ.W.G. 7.8×19mm Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1891 Schüler Reform: August Schüler Waffenfabrik.25 ACP German Empire: 1907 Schwarzlose Model 1898: A.W. Schwarzlose G.m.b.H. 7.65×25mm Borchardt 7.63×25mm Mauser German Empire: 1898 ...