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Army Special Model of 1901-\ 19 9mll1 Bergmann-Bayard " 57 ~...: . 38in Smith & Wesson 381200 Revolver 21 9111111 Radom 59 -"1 ASin Colt. Single Action Army Mockl of 1873 23 9111111 Beretta. Model 1934 61 '45in US Army Model of 1917 (Smith & Wesson) 25 9mll1 Browning, Model 1935 63 .~ Gasser 11·75111111 rvfolltenegrin 27 0111111 Stcyr. Model 12 65 ,~~~ -455in Smith & Wesson New Century 29 9mm Glisenti, Model 1910 67 "'1> ·rld War II. The ~!t" -455in Webley Revolver No I Mk 6 31 -45in Colt. Government Model MI91 IA! 69 .,,' } . the Waffen 55 '455in Webley-Fosbcry Rc\"olvt::r 33 -45in Mars 71 ,,~J. 7·62mm Tokarcv, Model 1933 35 '455in Webley & Scott 73 '3,: 7·63mm Mauscr Military 37 9111111 A'itra. Model 400 15 .;? -:-: 7·631l1Il1 Mannlieher, Model 1000 41 7·65111m Savage, Model 1915 77 --.. W~llther i'vfodel PP 43 Ammunition Data 79 , .;,iI. '_'J_~: .~ ,,~~ 0';'" .",;:.;' ·~;N. ::"~'~?:7""" ", ! 1--'-. ' .. ~ .... # •• . :;~~;~ .. ~- .~ .-.,,''!'.> , """'.~-- ..... --~ ~~",' ,:~~~~;, . '·1 r""'....... ~ ~~:~::l,~' t' ...:~~ ; ,:t,.. ',' ?' • ~'J; -'"".! ~'1:):.,>~. ~i •. fi,i ,,~"", ~ ....~ ~:i. ~f Introduction , ,:~ This book is designed to provide a compact and easy to a military weapon, its last stronghold, the British Army, ."';';1$.i usc guide to the principal pistols and revolvers used by having capitulated in 1957. ~ .;~ military forces during the present century. Obviously 1 have personally examined all the pistols shown in these ~:.-"~ ,.,.....",J-'''' . practicallJ: any pistol could qualify, since soldiers have a pages, and have fired those for which ammunition is still . ~ jer latch llabit of carryil:)g nOll-regulation W!'apOIlS into battle, but I obtainahle. Dimensions and weights arc taken from actual If.:.....~.... have contlned myself to the on1cmlly adopted weapons, specimens (the weight quoted heing that of the unloaded ..'fII!d";" ~ . with the addition of one unotlicial but widely used (the weapon), and any opinions given arc mine, based upon my ....-.. Webley-Fosbcry) and two pistols which were proposed for own observations and deductions over some twenty-odd ~ military use but not accepted (the Mars and the Savage). years of pistol handling. -..';:0( /I ..,• These three are of interest because of their design, and I ../~ think they arc worthy of inclusion for sheer interest's sake. :,~ l\filitary authorities argued ror many years about Ihe Revolvers ~.. relative Illl2'rits and dl2'merits of revolvers and self-loading <1.-;. pistols. It was accepted that revolvers were generally more The revolver is a single-harrel hand-held weapon, carry '~ robust. had simpler mechanisms, and were more sare in the ing a cylinder bl.'hind the barrcl. This cylinder is .divided hands of the average soldier since it was easy to see whether into a numher or chambers, usually six, which, when the or not the weapon was loaded. Aj?ainst this it was argued weapon is operated, arc revolved in succession into position t:i that self-loading pistols were generally lighter, carried more behind the barrel. Each chamber contains a cartridge, and "a.~... ... ... amlllunition, and delivered more rapid I1re. There were of thus the act or rotating the cylinder locates a cartridge in '':' course many more pros and cons than these, and anyone prolongation oj' the barrel. Immediately hehind the cylinder -. intaested is recommended to study the Textbook Ill' ,<:"lIIall is the standing hreech, which gives support to the hase or A rillS, !l):!l), in which the whole :lrgul11ent is discllssed at grcat thc cartridgc when lin:d. This breech is pierced to admit the -, length. However, self-loaders have improved in reliability passage or a liring pin to strike the percussion cap or the over the years, and the revolver is now definitely obsolete as cartridge which is at that time aligned with the barrel. The . '~!l. 5 -., i~; "':r.' .... :'; ;.-•• r.:;....;c fl~-: firing pin is attachcd to, or may be an intcgral part or, the to a 'half,col'k' positioll to disengage till' cylinder lock. the was neL'essar .~ hammer. The hammer is propelled by a mainspring and its gate would swing OPCl!, and the cartridges would be placed :t' :r hecl or the b y~ action is controlled by a trigger. in the cylinder one by (Jne, turning the cylinder during hopping abo Revolvers in which the hammer must be pulled had hy loading to prescnt each chamher to the loading ,!late. Arter empty pistol ~:'"~~'~', ~ ~ the thumb and then released by the trigger (for each shot) (iring, the empty cases were ejccted. also one by one, should be sai arc knllwn as single action, Those ill which the trigger is through the opencd loading ,!late hy the rod ejector. The '-. quality or \\ ; ,-.~ , .. to draw hack and then release the hammer arc most l'ollllllonly known cxample of this. thanks mainly to inherent derc .. ~o(' €:,'it: kno\\ n as double action. Most double-m.:tion revolvers call films and TV, i~ the C(llt Single Action Army or Frontier The hinged .; he (lperated single action, since this IlH:thot! of operation model of 1'C\·oher. iean. \\1. C. ,~,f. gin?s less Jisturbance of aim for prccise shooting. J)ouhle While this system \\(Jr~ed. it could hardly be called the thc barrcl an ¥.t.- action /tring is usually only employcd for rapid self dcfence, acme or perfection: under pcrfcct CtlnditiollS it is rarelv ·~"7~~ ... about an axis t. and it is worthy or Ilote that the I\:w douhle-act possihle to empty and I'l'load ill mul'll less than t\\Ctlly the barrel ass '.~: ~ "iI re\ohers 11<I\e beell almost always for purely military usc. seconds, and undcr combat conditiolls it Cllldd \ery easily barrel and ql !~:~ In addition to the forcgoing katurl's, the trigger and be twice that Illuch. In the early 11NOs Colt pwduced a re\ol istll forces u ~.... - hammer mechanism (sometimes callcd the lock-work) will vel' which has sened as the modcl for all solid-frame Continued hi ~. ,also include dcvices for re\olving the cylinder the correct dcsigns e\cr since. In this \\capon, thc cylinder was into place, I'll 'f' . '. amount to index a fresh cartridge, and for Ipckin,!l the cylin lllounted on a cram' or bracket "hich cOldd hI.' unlocked take place, B ",-. der securely in line behind thc harrel while the shot is lircd. and S\\UIlf', (lut sidcways, al'll'r which an l'jectllr rod could ejecwr, this s iJ-.... There arc t\\O hasic types of revolvcr, the solid-l"ral11c allli he presscd to force out an cjl'cll1r platc ill the centre or the .\,.,..... and e\en the r .f --.. the hinl!l'd·lranlt' (somdillles called till' top.hl'l'ak pattern). cylinder \\l1ich \\(lIdd cjcct all si\ empty ca,e~ at ollce. The the \\ capon. ~V In the solid-frame pallern thc hutt alld frame are Ill<llk "as thcll C\poSL'd to all(1\\ rapid rell1adillg and I! is a cur from a single I(Jrging, with the barrel screwcd into could he swung hilck illto the fralllL' and loch'd rcady ror which most a f;;~ The cylinder is retained in rlace by an axis pin. Originally !iring. The oilly disad\antage with this systcm is that thc imentor, sho ''''~k ~r. this type or revolver was provided with a loading gate on operation of the ejcctor is direct, alld uITers 110 mechanical American rev thc right side, behind the cylinder. amI all ejecting rod be advantage to unseat a tightly c.\pandcd empty case. COI11 America, is al ~*.. neath the harrcl. To load, the hamlller would he pulled hack plaints \\crc voiced dllrin~ World War I that sometimcs it '.~ .....:1':.. designs. ,,-~" '. 6 ·, ..C.~ ~"tt." ." ~-' ., ·,-. ,.",.". .... ~ ". ;T<. r'f'j~ ~~-. .... ~ ·~ti ~~ "<':... ,.~; ·'"toJ- "..,.... _ J ~~."~-'" ~.. ; ...... -"" ."";"'~, .....-...;, ~. , ,:. :_.1_ ;' .~ ..... :-; {".;~ ~ .... ."",.' -", ", "\ .:.~-~~lj~'. l' _:.: 1 ~tJ :- :t/~::' "'~ r f'J. ;:,:""";~' . '. -.. ~ -- ... .:;-$: 'i .c,....., , ,,:~ ylinder lock. the was necessary to give the ejector rod a slight assist from the There have, of course, heen many other systems put for ,~~ would be placed heel of the hoot to shin particularly stubborn cases and ward ror opcning revolvers to reload them, hut none saw .~~ cylilHkr during hopping ahout stork-like on the Western Front with an very much use and they cannot be discussed here. .~~.",,,,q:,~ tding gate. Afta empty pistol was an unpopular pastinw. In all fairness, it """'---'!);' ~o one bv one, should be said that this was probably due more to the mixed 1~ rod ejccto'r. The quality of war-time production ammuilition than to any hanks mainly to Self-loading Pistols .....~~"'. ~ inherent dct~ct in the design or pistol. ':l,J!l...