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Colt 1877 D.A.


The Bergmann Pistols

Model 1894
Model 1896
Model 1897
Model 1899
Bergmann Simplex
Bergmann Mars
Bergmann Bayard
Danish Bergmann

 

Guns Designed by John M Browning

1900 FN Browning

The 1899/1900
FN Browning

The world’s first commercially
successful self-loading pistol.



Colt Automatic Pistol, .38 caliber
The First
Colt Automatic Pistol

The Model 1902 Colt

The 1903 Colt .38 Pocket Model

1903 Colt Pocket Model
The 1903 Colt Hammerless Pocket Model

The 1903 FN Browning



Model 1907 Colt .45

The First .45 Auto:
The 1905 and 1907 Colt




1908 Colt
The 1906 FN Browning &
1908 Colt Pocket Hammerless


The 1910 FN Browning

1900 Steyr-Mannlicher

The Model 1900
Steyr-Mannlicher

Mauser Model 1910


The Mauser Pocket Pistols

Frommer Stop


The Frommer Stop

1908 Bayard



Le Français Pistols

The Early Walther Pistols

Walther Model 1Experimental Walther .32

The Walther Model 1

The Walther Models 2 & 5

The Walther Model 3

The Walther Model 4

Walther Models 7 & 8The Walther Models 7 and 8

The Walther Model 9

Walther Model 9
Variations

by Earl Mount
 

1919 Star .380
The Model 1913-1930
Sauer & Sohn Pistol

 

Sauer & Sohn WTM

Astra 600 & 300

The Astra Tubular Slide Pistols - Models 400, 300, 600, etc.,

The Remington 51Remington Model 51

The Remington Model 51
“...the best pocket self-loading
pistol ever designed...”

Remington 51 Prototypes

Remington Model 51
Prototypes in the
J.B. Cargile Collection

Highlights from the
J.B. Cargile
Collection of Remington 51s

The MAB Pistols

MAC 1935S

A Brief History of MAB
The MAB Model A
The MAB Model B
The MAB Models C and D
The MAB Model E
The MAB Model F
The MAB Model G and GZ
The M.A.B. Model R


MAB PA-15


The M.A.B. PA-15

CZ 1922


Alois Tomiška’s 6.35mm CZ 1922
The first pistol to sport the CZ logo.

Czech vz.22

The Czech vz.22 Pistol

The Czech vz.24 Pistol

Lignose Model 3A (Rob Folda)

The Bergmann & Lignose Pocket Pistols

The 2A and 3A were known as the Einhandpistole, or one-hand pistol.

The 1927 Simson


The 1922 and 1926 Simson

Star Model CO


The Star Model CO

1935 French Service Pistols

The 1935 French
Service Pistols

SACM 1935A, MAS 1935S,
MAC 1935S, or MAT 1935S.



The Baby Browning

The PSP-25
 

Gun Articles & Information:

.22 S&W: The .22 Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector
.32 S&W:
The .32 Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector
.32 S&W:
The Model 1903 S&W .32 Hand Ejector
.44 Special:
.44 Special Revolvers - Review
Alkar: 
Alkar & Nueva Alkar Cartridge Counter Pistol
Astra: 
The Astra Tubular Slide Pistols - Models 400, 300, 600, etc.
Baby Hammerless: 
The Baby Hammerless Revolver
Bayard: 
The Model 1908 Pieper Bayard
Benelli:
The Benelli B76 Pistol
Beretta Nano: 
The Beretta Nano Pistol
Bergmann: 
The Bergmann Pistols
Bernardelli: 
Bernardelli VP and Baby Pistols
Bernardon-Martin: 
The Bernardon-Martin Pistol
Bittner:
The 1896 Bittner Magazine Repeating Pistol
Budischowsky: 
The Budischowsky TP 70 Pistol
Bufalo: 
Browning Model 1910 and the Bufalo
Campo-Giro: 
Spain’s Campo-Giro Pistol
Charter Arms: 
Charter Arms: the Early Revolvers
Chiappa:
The Chiappa Rhino Revolver
Clean & Lube: 
Cleaning & Lubricating Pistols
Clement:
The Clement Pistols
Colt 1877 D.A.: 
Colt Model 1877 Double Action
Colt 1900: 
The First Colt Automatic Pistol
Colt 1902: 
The 1902 Military and Sporting Models
Colt 1903: 
The 1903 Colt .38 Pocket Model
Colt 1903/1908: 
The Colt “Hammerless” Pocket Model
Colt 1905/1907: 
The First .45 Auto
Colt 1908: 
The Colt Vest Pocket .25
Colt DS: 
Colt Detective Special
Colt Trigger: 
Adjusting the Colt Double-Action Trigger
Cummings: 
Samuel Cummings & Interarms
CYKA:
Franz Karpinski: The CYKA Pistol
CZ-22: 
Alois Tomiška’s 6.35mm CZ 1922 Pistol
CZ-24: 
The Czech CZ 24 Pistol
CZ-38: 
The Czech CZ 38 Pistol
CZ-45: 
Two Czech .25s (The CZ45 and the DUO)
CZ-52: 
Trigger Job for the CZ 52
Czech vz. 22: 
The Czech Fox and vz. 22 Pistol
Davis-Warner: 
The Warner Infallible Pistol
Detonics: 
Detonics Combat Master .45
Dreyse: 
1907 Dreyse 7.65mm
Dreyse: 
The 6.35mm Dreyse Vest Pocket Pistol
Dreyse: 
The 9mm Dreyse
Dreyse: 
RM&M Ammo for the Dreyse 9mm
Erma: 
Field-Stripping the Erma KGP 68A
Erquiaga, Muguruza y Cia.:
Fiel, Diane, Fornasari, Self
Escort: 
Smith & Wesson Escort (Model 61)
Eusta:
The Eusta P7 and P9 Pistol
Falke:
The Falke Pistol of the Albert Föhrenbach Co.
Fitz Special:
The Cut-down Revolver or Fitz Special
FN 1899/1900: 
The 1899 and 1900 FN Browning
FN 1903: 
The 1903 FN Browning & m07 Husqvarna
FN 1906: 
The 1906 FN Browning 6.35mm
FN 1910: 
The 1910 FN Browning 7.65mm & 9mm
FN Baby: 
The FN Baby Browning
Francotte: 
The Auguste Francotte Automatic Pistols
French 1935: 
The 1935 French Service Pistols
Frommer Stop: 
The Frommer Stop Pistol
Glock Grip Modification: 
Glock Grip Modification
Grant Hammond: 
Grant Hammond Automatic Pistol
Gunsmithing: 
Gunsmithing Videos
Haenel Schmeisser: 
The Haenel Schmeisser Pistol
Heckler & Koch: 
The Heckler & Koch Model 4 (HK4)
Heim: 
The Heinzelmann Heim Pistol
Helfricht:
The Helfricht “Helkra” Pistol
H&D:
The Henrion & Dassy Automatic Pistol
H&R Auto:
The H&R Automatic Pistols of 1912 & 1916
High Standard: 
The High Standard Crusader Revolver
High Standard: 
The High Standard G .380
High Standard: 
The High Standard Sentinel
High Standard: 
The High Standard Double-Nine
HJS: 
The HJS Frontier Four Derringer
Holsters: 
Holsters for Concealed Carry
Interarms: 
Samuel Cummings & Interarms
Italian Date Codes for Guns: 
Italian Date Codes
Jäger:
The Jäger Self-Loading Pistol
Jieffeco:  see Melior below
Kahr CW45 -
Mag-na-port the Kahr CW45
Kel-Tec P-32: 
Kel-Tec P-32
Kimber: 
Kimber K6S Revolver
Kobra:
The Kobra Pistol
Kommer:
The Kommer Automatic Pistols
Langenhan:
Pistols of Friedrich Langenhan
Le Francais: 
Le Français Pistols
Lignose: 
The Bergmann & Lignose Pocket Pistols
Little Ace: 
Little Ace
Little Tom: 
Alois Tomiška’s Little Tom Pistol
MAB History: 
A Brief History of MAB
MAB Model A: 
The MAB Model A Pistol
MAB Model B: 
The MAB Model B Pistol
MAB Models C & D: 
The MAB Models C and D Pistols
MAB Model E: 
The MAB Model E Pistol
MAB Model F: 
The MAB Model F Pistol
MAB Model G: 
The MAB Model G and GZ Pistol
MAB Model PA-15: 
The MAB Model PA-15
MAB Model R: 
The MAB Model R
MAB Model R9X: 
The MAB R9X Prototype
Mann: 
The Mann .25 Caliber Pistol
Mann: 
The Mann 7.65mm Pistol
Mannlicher: 
The Model 1900 Steyr-Mannlicher Pistol
Mars: 
The Czech Mars Pistol
Mauser Pistols: 
The Mauser Model 1910
Mauser Pistols: 
The Mauser Model 1914
Mauser Pistols: 
The Mauser Model WTP
Mauser Pistols: 
The Mauser Model HSc
Melior:
Model 1907 & 1911 Melior & Jieffeco Pistol
Melior: 
Model 1914 Melior & Jieffeco Pistol
Melior:
Model 1920 Meilior, Jieffeco, & Gladiator Pistol
Melior:
Model 1922, Melior, Jieffeco, & Record 7.65mm
Menta:  see
Menz
Menz: 
A History of the August Menz Company
Menz PB Spezial:
The Menz PB Spezial Pistol
Mini Revolvers: 
Mini Revolvers
Mondial:
The Gaspar Arizaga Mondial Pistol
Nicolas Pieper:
The Pistols of Nicolas Pieper
Olariaga: 
Eustaquio Olariaga Revolver
Ortgies: 
The Ortgies Pistol
OWA:
The ÖWA 6.35 mm Pistol
PAF: 
PAF Junior
Phoenix:
The Rebirth of the Phoenix
Pieper Bayard: 
The Model 1908 Pieper Bayard
Pieper New Model:
The Pieper New Model Pistol
Pieper, Nicolas:
The Pistols of Nicolas Pieper
Practical Shooting:
Notes on Practical Shooting
Praha: 
The Zbrojovka Praga Model 21 ‘Praha’ Pistol
Remington 51: 
The Remington Model 51 Pistol
Remington 51: 
Remington Model 51 Prototypes
Revolvers: 
Defensive Revolvers for Concealed Carry
Rheinmetall:
Rheinmetall 7.65mm Model 1920 Pistol
Rhino:
The Chiappa Rhino Revolver
RIC:
A Webley RIC Pattern Solid Frame Revolver
Rolling Block: 
The Remington Rolling Block Pistol
Rossi: 
Rossi Princess Revolver
Safety:
Universal Gun Safety Rules
Sauer & Sohn 1913: 
The Sauer Model 1913-30 Pistols
Sauer & Sohn 1938: 
The Sauer 38H Pistol
Sauer & Sohn SMN:
SMN-marked S&S M1929
Sauer & Sohn WTM: 
The Sauer & Sohn WTM
Schmeisser: 
Haenel Schmeisser Pistol
Schouboe: 
DRS Schouboe Pistol
Schwarzlose: 
The 1909 Schwarzlose Pistol
Schwarzlose: 
Emperor Wilhelm II’s Schwarzlose
SIG P238: 
SIG P238 and the Colt Mustang
Simson: 
The 1922 and 1926 Simson
Slavia: 
The Czech Slavia Pistol
S&W Model 61:
Smith & Wesson Escort .22
Star 1914/1919: 
The Models 1914 & 1919 Star Pistols
Star CO: 
The Star Model CO
Steyr 1909: 
1909 Steyr Pieper Pistol 6.35 mm
Steyr 1909: 
1909 Steyr Pieper Pistol 7.65 mm
Steyr 1909: 
1909 Steyr with Long Barrel
Steyr Mannlicher: 
The Model 1900 Steyr-Mannlicher
Stock:
The Franz Stock Automatic Pistols
Stosel: 
The Stosel, an Eibar or Ruby-type Pistol
Suicide Special: 
Suicide Special Revolvers
Tanque: 
Tanque Auto Pistol
Taurus 327:
A Quick Review of the Taurus 327
Taurus 450Ti: 
The Taurus 450Ti Revolver
Thompson-La Garde: 
Thompson-La Garde Report
Velodog: 
Velodog Revolver
WAC: 
Western Arms Corporation of Los Angeles
Walther Dates:
Dating Early Walther Pistols
Walther Model 1: 
The Walther Model 1
Walther Models 2 and 5: 
The Walther Models 2 & 5
Walther Model 3: 
The Walther Model 3
Walther Model 4: 
The Walther Model 4
Walther Models 7 & 8: 
The Walther Models 7 and 8
Walther Model 9: 
The Walther Model 9
Walther Model 9:
Walther Model 9 Variations
Walther Prototype: 
Experimental Walther .32
Walther TP:  The Walther Model TP
Walther TPH:
The Walther TPH
Warner: 
The Warner Infallible Pistol
Webley RIC:
Webley RIC Pattern Solid Frame Revolver
Webley & Scott:
W&S Auto Pistols, Part 1 (1903-1907)
Webley & Scott:
W&S Auto Pistols, Part 2 (1908-1911)
Webley & Scott:
W&S Auto Pistols, Part 3 (1912-1953)
Whitney: 
Whitney “Beals Patent” Pocket Revolver
Zehna: 
Zehna Part 1: History and Prototypes
Zehna: 
Zehna Part 2: The Production Pistols

Mag&Clip-S

Walther TP

The Walther Model TP
by Stefan Klein

The Walther TPH
by Stefan Klein

Holster for Walther Model 8
How to Make a Simple
Belt Holster


Tools for Making Holsters

Holster for 7-1/2" SAA
How to Make a
Cowboy Holster


Notes on Making Holsters

Engraved Colt 1911
A Hit Man’s Gun

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