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Old 04-27-2020, 09:15 AM   #1
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Originally designed as a weapon to be used by cavalry, the pistol became the principal weapon for an assortment of personnel during World War One. While standard issue to officers on both sides of the war, militaries around the world issued the pistol to tank crews, military police, and airmen.
Thought this was a pretty good article of interest. It seems some of the most mechanically complicated pistols came out during that time frame.

Widener's has a pretty decent blog.

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Cool, I see the venerable Nagant made the list. I remember when those Luger pistols were still relatively cheap as per today's standards, but I was under the impression (or so I was told) their reliability wasn't that good.
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Cool, I see the venerable Nagant made the list. I remember when those Luger pistols were still relatively cheap as per today's standards, but I was under the impression (or so I was told) their reliability wasn't that good.
I think the Lugers were prone to jamming in cold conditions? I can't remember, as it's been so long since I read about them.

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I think the Lugers were prone to jamming in cold conditions? I can't remember, as it's been so long since I read about them.

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While I never owned one, I shot a few different Lugers. Every. Single. One. I shot was a jam-o-matic. Which is why I never owned one. Kind of wish now that I'd picked one up on the cheap, just for a conversation piece.
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The ones I knew of worked very well but they were very picky on ammo. The moment you got away from military ball ammo there were feeding & ejection issues. Also tight tolerances, didn't like dirt/grit/sand/dust much. A work of machining art though.
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I used +P 9mmx19 ammo in my Lugers and they gobbled it up and spit out the empties.
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Austro-Hungarian pistols have a very interesting look.
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Some years ago there were Mauser Broomhandles on the market. Some were even re barrelled in 9x19mm. Wish I had nailed one.
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Austro-Hungarian pistols have a very interesting look.
I have a few that are outright funky looking to put it mildly.
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Some years ago there were Mauser Broomhandles on the market. Some were even re barrelled in 9x19mm. Wish I had nailed one.
Mauser did make them in 9 x 19 as well s 7.63. They also did a select fire version M712 - Schnellfeuer that had a detachable box magazine. I've only ever seen one and that was about 40 years ago.

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Another interesting pistol during WWI was the Bergmann–Bayard. I had the chance to buy one once at a very reasonable price. But I didn't know much about them and I passed it up. It's hard to find ammo for them.
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Mauser did make them in 9 x 19 as well s 7.63. They also did a select fire version M712 - Schnellfeuer that had a detachable box magazine. I've only ever seen one and that was about 40 years ago.

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There was a company here that had mauser broomhandles for sale...for quite some time. I recall that the ones that were available in 9x19mm......had a large number 9, that was infilled with red paint on the handgrips. I recall that some were being offered with the detachable, wooden buttstock/holster.

I really..really.....regret not buying several of them. That was easily 25-30 years ago. I was still learning my business back then......a process that never ends...


Now....when interesting surplus turns up on the market....I buy them and stash them. Not a lot available in rifles anymore. Gee whizzzz.....how did I end up with so many Moisen Negants...?
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There was a company here that had mauser broomhandles for sale...for quite some time. I recall that the ones that were available in 9x19mm......had a large number 9, that was infilled with red paint on the handgrips. I recall that some were being offered with the detachable, wooden buttstock/holster.

I really..really.....regret not buying several of them. That was easily 25-30 years ago. I was still learning my business back then......a process that never ends...


Now....when interesting surplus turns up on the market....I buy them and stash them. Not a lot available in rifles anymore. Gee whizzzz.....how did I end up with so many Moisen Negants...?
I remember the "red 9s", they did the same thing with some of the Lugers. I've seen artillery models with the 9 on them.

The were also C96 Mauser carbines that we saw over here, non detachable stock. I think they came via China. Made it possible for ordinary people to have a C96 without all the fuss of a pistol license.
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Bob Faris was a friend of mine. Big MG and Enfield guy. He had a schnellfeur and we'd shoot that gun. Bob was very experienced and the fewest shots with trigger manipulation he could get was two rds. I managed three rds one day and thought I was the cats meow. That thing would empty a 10 rd mag in less than a second, scary fast.

Only WWI hand gun I ever had was a 1917 Colt half moon clip .45 cal revolver. Bought it through the mail in 1960. I was 16 and my mom had to receive it from the mail man. Those were the days. if i'da known how things were going to go I would have spent every dime I could get on guns for the next 15 years. I'd be rich like a big dog today.
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