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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.
Antique firearms can be divided into two basic types: muzzle-loading and cartridge firing. Muzzleloading antique firearms are not generally owned with the intent of firing them (although original muzzleloaders can be safely fired, after having them thoroughly inspected), but instead are usually owned as display pieces or for their historic value.
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.
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.
High Standard .22 Pistol: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle United States: 1926 or 1932-2018 [6] High Standard HDM: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle United States: 1942-? Horhe (pistol) Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant: 9 mm P.A. Russia: 2006-? Howdah pistol.577 Snider.577/450 Martini–Henry.455 Webley.476 ...
In 1896 [7] or 1897 [8] Browning also scaled the .38 blowback pistol down to .32 caliber to use as a pocket pistol. US patent for the Browning .32 pistol, issued in 1899 According to a widespread legend, [ 2 ] in April 1897 [ 9 ] FN sent their sales manager Hart O. Berg to Hartford , where he had previously worked, to investigate advances in ...
The Colt Model 1900 is a short-recoil operated "self-loading", or semi-automatic.38 caliber handgun introduced by Colt's Manufacturing Company at the turn of the 20th century. The M1900 was the first firearm to be chambered in .38 ACP (not to be confused with the shorter-cased .380 ACP ) and was the first handgun to utilize short-recoil operation.
High Standard .22 Pistol: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle United States: High Standard HDM: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle United States: 1942 Hino–Komuro pistol: Komuro Juhou Seisakusho.25 ACP.32 ACP 8mm Nambu Japan: 1903 Horhe (pistol) Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant: 9 mm P.A. Russia: 2006 HS2000 ...