Handguns

Silenced SOE Lugers: Setting Europe Aflame Before the Welrod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnA55pQ3Iis In the early days of World War Two, Britain had a branch of the SIS for sabotage operations, called Section D. It became part...

Train Company Makes Guns: Union Switch & Signal M1911A1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osv4Jkj0NSo Of the five companies that made 1911 pistols during World War Two, Union Switch & Signal was the last to be awarded a contract...

Russian Current Service Pistol: the PYa / MP443 Grach / MP446C Viking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PRNTvdkwQ4 The current Russian service pistol is the PYa, or MP-443 “Grach”, and it is (or was) made for civilian sales as the Baikal MP-446C...

S&W Model 52-1: A Magnificent Target Pistol for .38 Special Wadcutters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgWixcPQYE The Model 52 is a purpose-built target pistol that Smith & Wesson built on the Model 39 frame. It is chambered for a very...

Prototype MAS 1925M Pistol: Cartridge Counting in 7.65 French Long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW-3-uUSerU After World War One the French military created a plan to replace basically all of its small arms, including the array of handguns it...

BUG Match: Beretta 1934 (in .380)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIuIGsBof5Q Given the influx of very inexpensive Beretta M1934 pistols into the US market – and the fact that I have a fine Carabinieri hat...

RIA 5.0E: A Very Nice Pistol, But For Whom?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdPoGI7J_Dw Rock Island Armory is best known for its Philippine-made 1911s, but expended into US pistol production with a novel design a couple years ago....

Iver Johnson Prototype .25ACP Blow Forward Pocket Pistol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR8hb6faPWc This is a one-of-a-kind prototype of a .25ACP blow forward pistol made by Iver Johnson. It was patented in 1916 (patent applied for in...

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Precursor to the High Power: FN’s 1923 Prototype Model Stocked Pistol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGT_xv6W5hc The FN High Power pistol began with a request for a new French Army pistol. The initial design was...

US Army 1871 Rolling Block Pistol – Obsolete When New

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPNVd6OSZYk In the wake of the Civil War, the US Army recognized that many of its small arms were obsolete,...

ZKP-541: A Competition Pistol So Complex it was Never Produced

https://youtu.be/uTrQiArjn_I Designed by Augustin Nečas in 1954, the ZKP-541 is a .22 rimfire target pistol, also called the Universal Super...

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Precursor to the High Power: FN’s 1923 Prototype Model Stocked Pistol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGT_xv6W5hc The FN High Power pistol began with a request...

US Army 1871 Rolling Block Pistol – Obsolete When New

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPNVd6OSZYk In the wake of the Civil War, the US...

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