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Mexican Obregón Pistol This pistol designed by Alejandro Obregón borrows heavily from the Colt 1911 and it shows. However, it does not use the Browning tilting lock; this is a rotating barrel locked breach pistol. Obregón also combined the thumb safety and takedown into one

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British Webley-Fosbery 1901 Heading into the turn of the century, emerging autoloading pistol technology was buoyed by the development of smokeless powder. Soon armed forces around the world were debating on the merits of adopting these new and fiddly automatic pistols over the

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U.S. Colt 1905 Following repeated protests from the U.S. Cavalry, any hope of holding on to a small bore handgun was lost. The New Army wasn't well liked and Colt's 38 ACP wasn't going to win either. This meant the 1902 pistol had to be redesigned to handle a 45 caliber, which

Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher 1895 Ferdinand Mannlicher's straight-pull, bolt action rifle designs ultimately led to this. His rapid loading enbloc clip system had carried over from the previous models but now paired with a fairly complex rotating, front locking bolt. These

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German Dreyse 1907 Pocket Pistol This oddly shaped, blowback, .32 ACP was developed during the pocket pistol boom. Developed by Louis Schmeisser, it was produced by Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrike of Sömmerda who had previously bought out the famous "Dreyse"

U.S. Colt 1900, Converted Sight Browning's rear sight, which also served as a safety, had not gone over as well as hoped. The original Colt automatic was therefore advanced into the Model 1902. This left plenty of finished pistols and parts behind which needed to be sold. So

Russian Mosin-Nagant 1907 Carbine Arriving close to the release of the spitzer cartridge, these Mosin carbines did not go through any drastic changes like the previous rifle and dragoon. Unlike the Dragoon model, this Carbine was never meant to take a bayonet, as evidenced by

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U.S. Bannerman 1896 Shotgun A further evolution of the Spencer repeating shotgun. Now with a friendlier foregrip and a roller fitted over the slide stud to smooth out operation and reduce wear. The cam plate spring is also now fitted to the breechblock, though this feature may

U.S. New Haven Arms Volcanic No.2 Pocket Model Much like the larger "Navy" model, this version of the Volcanic No.2 is shrunk down as much as reasonably possible to create a "Pocket" pistol. Pistols like these had been the first endeavor for Smith & Wesson, saw the Henry rifle

U.S. Colt 1902 Trials Pistol Following feedback on the original "Model 1900," Colt's Patent firearms further militarized their automatic pistol. While overall similar to the previous model, it now sports "nail file" front serrations and a round hammer. The grip is straight

Incrementally changed from the last of the 1910 prototypes, this was the pistol that finally won adoption for the Colt automatic. While it may look just like an early production 1911, there were changes to be made like a wider hammer spur, ditching the one-direction recoil