The Walther Model 8 was the predecessor of the famous Walther PP and PPK and was the last single-action pistol made by Walther other than their target pistols. The Model 8 was made to be simple…
Walther Model 8 Pistol with Book Type Case
Mauser 1896 20-Shot Flatside Cone Hammer Pistol
Among the early variants of the Mauser C96 pistol is the version made with a fixed forged-in-frame twenty-round magazine. Only about ninety of this model were made for the South and Central American market. This pistol…
Husqvarna Lahti M40 Pistol
The Lahti pistols were some of the least known and yet most outstanding of the pistols of the Second World War. They look quite like the Luger but operate very differently having been designed for optimum…
Henri Pieper Patent Model 1893 Gas Seal Double Action Revolver
Henri Pieper was a firearms inventor who’s creations are not well known. Pieper’s gas-seal revolving carbines and revolvers were only purchased in quantity by the Mexican Government and were favored by the Rurales law enforcement group….
Elvis Presley Derringer Presented to Priscilla Presley
Elvis Presley was a gun enthusiast and one of the guns he had was a diminutive 22lr derringer which he gave to his wife Priscilla to keep in her handbag for self-protection. Priscilla was not comfortable…
Colt Model 1910 9.8mm Pistol
Back in 1910 John Moses Browning had created two prototype automatic pistols, one was chambered for the 45ACP cartridge, and the other was a scaled down pistol of the same design chambered for the 38ACP, and…
