Schwarzlose Model 1898
The Schwarzlose Model 1898 was a full-size, locked-breech, rotary-bolt, semi-automatic pistol invented by Prussian firearm designer Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose. It was chambered for cartridges such as the 7.65×25mm Borchardt and 7.63×25mm Mauser. Most pistols used a six-shot detachable magazine, but a few were built with a larger frame for an eight-shot magazine.
Schwarzlose Model 1898
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- semi-automatic pistol.
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- 1898.
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- German Empire.
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The rear sight was vertically adjustable, and the firing pin served as a cocking indicator by protruding to the rear. The Schwarzlose design was advanced for its time, but not widely adopted with less than 500 pieces being manufactured. Small lots were sold to the Boers during the Boer War. Another lot was sold to members of the Russian Social-Democratic Party who were plotting insurrection, but were confiscated at the Russian border and issued to the Imperial Russian Frontier Guards.
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Schwarzlose Model 1898 is classified as a semi-automatic pistol.
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Schwarzlose Model 1898 is associated with German Empire.
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Schwarzlose Model 1898 is recorded from 1898.
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- 1.Antaris, Leonardo M. In the Beginning. American Rifleman. National Rifle Association of America. 165. 10. 80. 2017.
- 2.Hogg, Ian. Pistols of the World. David & Charles. 279–280. 29 August 2004. 0-87349-460-1.
- 3.Lee, Jerry. The Official Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices 2013. Krause Publications. 936. 23 April 2013. 978-1-4402-3543-6.
- 4.Ezell, Edward Clinton. Handguns of the World: Military Revolvers and Self-loaders from 1870 to 1945. Marboro Books. 150–153. 1993. 978-0-88029-618-2.
- 5.Hammerfell, Richard. Firearms Illustrated - Pistol Edition. Digital Services. 213. 2015.
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