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The AMT Backup is a small semi-automatic pistol. It was first manufactured by the Ordnance Manufacturing Corporation (OMC) of El Monte, CA. The first guns made in .380 ACP by OMC are known as the OMC Backup. OMC produced a short run of these pistols before the tooling was purchased by Arcadia Machine & Tool, who took over
A semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun which utilizes the energy of the fired cartridge to cycle the action of the weapon and advance the next available cartridge into position for firing. One round is fired each time the trigger of a semi-automatic pistol is pulled.
The 2mm Kolibri (also known as the 2.7mm Kolibri Car Pistol or 2.7×9mm Kolibri) was the smallest commercially available centerfire cartridge, [3] patented in 1910 and introduced in 1914 by Franz Pfannl, an Austrian watchmaker, with financial support from Georg Grabner. It was designed to accompany the Kolibri semi-auto pistol or single-shot ...
Seecamp immigrated to the US in 1959 and was a gun designer for shotgun maker O.F. Mossberg. He also specialized in double-action conversions for the 1911 Colt.45. [3] In 1978, Seecamp specialized in the miniaturization of pistols. As a result, Seecamps are among the very smallest semi-automatic pistols ever produced.
The pistol's name was decided after an online contest, in which Yeet Cannon received 313,000 votes, over 96% of the total. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The weapon's length, weight, and caliber are identical to the C-9, but it features a new safety, new grip texturing, " Glock -style" front sights, and an elongated sight base, allowing for a Picatinny rail . [ 3 ]
The Thunder 380 is a lightweight, relatively small semi-automatic pistol series chambered in the .380 ACP caliber made by Argentine firearms manufacturer Bersa, S.A. [1] It is similar in design to the Walther PPK.
Terry Gander Guns Recognition Guide, May 2005, ISBN 0007183283; David Miller Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns, June 2003, ISBN 0760315604; Richard D. Jones Jane's Gun Recognition Guide, June 2008, ISBN 0061374083
Because the pistol uses a 4.25 mm (.167 in) cartridge (which became known as the 4.25mm Liliput and which is considered obsolete), the Liliput is one of the few pistols that can be owned in the United Kingdom without a license. [1] The Liliput features in a number of novels by Alistair MacLean, though he incorrectly refers to its calibre as ".21".