Like so many firearms, the 1934 Pocket Model pistol had something of a past. In the 1934’s case, it dates back to 1910 with Mauser’s introduction of a well-built, if somewhat oversize (for its ...

Mauser eventually lent his name to the pistol, calling it the Mauser Military Pistol in the hope that the German military would adopt it, making Mauser a lot of money from a government contract ...

What was the first-ever semiautomatic pistol? Unless you’re a super hardcore firearms history buff, your first instinct might be to answer with either the German-made C-93 Borchardt, which was ...

In my case, it was surplus 8mm machine-gun ammo that I’d shot through my Yugoslavian Mauser. After reading about how some military primers can rust a gun, I ran to my safe and held the rifle’s ...

But this gun’s real-world history is even more remarkable. Patented in 1896 (hence the alphanumeric designation), it was the first military semiautomatic pistol to prove itself both rugged ...

-- Paul Mauser, the aged inventor of the rifle bearing his name, has invented a new military rifle, the principal feature of which is a twenty-five shot automatic cartridge feeder.

What was the first-ever semiautomatic pistol? Unless you’re a super hardcore firearms history buff, your first instinct might be to answer with either the German-made C-93 Borchardt, which was ...