The Swiss were amongst the first to appreciate the Luger automatic pistol and officially adopted the Model 1900 pistol for their military on April 4th, 1901. The Model 1900 as adopted by the Swiss featured the early type leaf-spring mainspring and military issue models were chambered for the 7.65x21mm (.30 Luger) cartridge. One of the ...
The Femaru Model 37 is an unusual but interesting pistol that was made in Hungary from 1937-1944. The Model 37 was based on an original design by Hungarian engineer Rudolf Frommer, the Frommer Stop (also known in three variants as the Pisztoly 12M, 19M and 35M). Frommer's original design for his Frommer Stop was for ...
The .40 G&A pistol cartridge is one that relatively few have heard of but it was one that helped pioneer the creation of the two predominant .40 caliber handgun cartridges we have with us today; the 10mm, and the .40 S&W. The .40 G&A was not just one wildcat cartridge however, it was made in ...
The new announcement from Magnum Research, makers of the iconic Desert Eagle handgun, is that the model XIX is now being offered in a case hardened finish. This makes the old classic take on a new look and the case hardened finish seems to suit the Desert Eagle completely. The new XIX Desert Eagle is ...
The LifeCard is a new concept in handguns currently not yet in full production. The device is essentially a highly concealable little single shot .22lr folding handgun that is about the length and width of a credit card (3.375" x 2.125") and a half inch thick. It weighs less than seven ounces. It looks like ...
The High Standard Supermatic pistols were amongst the best American made .22 rimfire as evidenced by the fact that they have been the only American made pistols to win gold medals in the Olympic Rapid Fire match, first in 1952 and again in 1960. My own experience with these was as a pistol club armorer ...
There's something about muzzle-loading firearms that seems paradoxical; In this day and age where people seem to want maximum magazine capacity and semi-automatic or fully automatic fire yet there is something really satisfying about a firearm that you load one shot at a time to fire just the one shot - or at least just ...
The Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless pistol is one of John Moses Browning's numerous success stories albeit a lesser known one as it has been overshadowed by the reputation of the M1911. But despite being overshadowed the M1903 became a popular small pistol and was adopted by the US Army and Air Force as their General ...
John M. Browning didn't get the design of his automatic pistol right on the first few attempts but when he did perfect it he created the automatic pistol that would be the model for a plethora of handguns that would use very similar designs. It had not been Browning's idea to build a pistol around ...
I regularly shoot with a "Big Game Rifle" club which has some fabulously fun shooting events such as the "Harley's Hop" as shot by the Zimbabwe Professional Hunter's and Guides Association, and the Howdah Pistol event which requires a "Howdah pistol of a minimum caliber of .375" that may be single or double barrel, firing ...
