Handguns

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY5aZSd8j-0 Available from Morphys here:7.65 P38 – https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/_C__RARE_EARLY_WALTHER_P38_7_65_SEMI_AUTOMATIC_PIS-LOT658919.aspx7.65 Walther HP – https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/_C__WALTHER_HP__30_LUGER_SEMI_AUTOMATIC_PISTOL_-LOT658893.aspx When Walther first developed the P38, it was designated the Heerespistole – “Army Pistol”....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vNYGqiXdz0 Available from Morphys here:https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/_C__OUTSTANDING_SINGER_MODEL_1911A1__45_ACP_SEMI_A-LOT660708.aspx The Singer Manufacturing Company, best known for its iconic sewing machines, received an Educational Contract to product 500 M1911A1 pistols on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3C8HKDlKKY Available from Morphy’s here:https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/_C__IMPORTANT_FIRST_EVER_PRODUCED_DWM_1900_SWISS_L-LOT658702.aspx The first nation to adopt the Luger was Switzerland, which began testing in late 1898 and formally accepted the Luger in...