The 1908 Pieper Bayard Magazine Variants

This early magazine (from SN 2624) has four slots in each side for viewing cartridges
and a fingernail slot at the front to aid in removal. It is unmarked.

A later magazine with four holes in each side and a fingernail slot placed a couple of millimeters from the base. It is marked with the caliber designation. Serial number unknown.

A later magazine with four holes in each side and no fingernail slot.
Serial number unknown.

A pair of later .380 magazines from SN 74213. On the right is the extended magazine which held an additional two cartridges. Neither has a fingernail slot. The extended magazine was an accessory that could be purchased separately. They are extremely rare today.
From the John R. James collection.

A .25 caliber magazine from SN 33292. It has four holes in each side and no fingernail slot on the front and is marked CAL. 6.35.

A .32 caliber extended magazine from SN 3038 with six slots for
viewing cartridges and the proper finger-hold at the bottom.
From the C.L. Webb collection.

The author would welcome photographs of other magazine variants.
Write to [email protected]

Return to Gun Pages Home