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▲ BORCHARDT C93 ADING PIST
Date 1894
Trigger
Origin Germany ▶ BERGMANN NO. 3
Weight 3 ⁄4lb (1.66kg) Date 1896
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Origin Germany
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Barrel 6 ⁄2in (16.5cm) OLS
Weight 31oz (880g)
Caliber 7.65mm Fixed
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Barrel 4 ⁄2in (11.2cm) five-round
The C93 was the first successful Caliber 6.5mm Bergmann magazine
self-loading pistol. For its locking Butt houses removable
mechanism, it drew on the design eight-round magazine The Louis Schmeisser-designed
of Maxim’s machine-guns, which “No. 3” was amongst the simplest
Borchardt’s employer, Loewe, was of pistols, with a “blowback” breech
producing under license in Berlin. and a small-capacity fixed magazine.
The spent case was ejected by gas
pressure alone.

Blade
fore sight
▶ COLT M1902
Date 1902
Origin US
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Weight 2 ⁄4lb (1.02kg)
Barrel 6in (15.2cm)
Eight-round
▲ MAUSER C96 Despite shortcomings, Caliber .38in ACP removable
Date 1896–1930s chief among which was its Browning produced a series of magazine
complexity, the Mauser C96,
Origin Germany successful locked-breech pistols for
chambered for a particularly
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Weight 2 ⁄2lb (1.15kg) effective and popular round, the military market. However, the
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Barrel 5 ⁄2in (14cm) was one of the most successful Model 1902—designed with a double-
designs of its day. link mechanism and chambered for
Caliber 7.63mm Mauser a lighter round—was not as popular.

Barrel locking-lug
Hammer (or “hahn”)

▶ STEYR “HAHN” M1911 ▶ WEBLEY MODEL 1910
Date 1911 Date 1910–30s
Origin Austria Origin UK
Weight 34 ⁄2oz (980g) Weight 33 ⁄4oz (960g)
3
1
Barrel 5in (12.7cm) Barrel 5in (12.7cm)
Caliber 7.63mm Mannlicher Caliber .38in
This was the first successful locked- Better known for revolvers, Webley
breech semi-automatic pistol Steyr also produced semi-automatic pistols.
produced. Its weakness was its non- The unsophisticated Model 1910
removable magazine, which was charged was the most successful, and was
from above using a clip. This version adopted by the British Royal Navy
was used by the Chilean armed forces. and the Royal Flying Corps.