Welcome to in the present day’s Photograph of the Day! Right here we now have a singular and lesser-known World Conflict One period handgun. That is the Steyr Mannequin 1912 pistol, typically known as the Steyr Hahn, Steyr Hammer, or I’ve even heard Steyr 1911. The Steyr Mannequin 1912 is a really cool little bit of historical past because it was principally rejected by the Austrian authorities who ultimately adopted it. You see, when World Conflict One hit and raged on the world needed to work with what it had and what it might get the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not able to ample importation of sure small arms. One small arm, particularly, was handguns. Most nationalities had developed to make use of semiautomatic pistols and Austria was no totally different. The Steyr Mannequin 1912 was submitted for army trials however rejected. When the world went to battle their commonplace problem sidearm was nonetheless a black powder revolver. The consequence? Austria adopted the Steyr Mannequin 1912 in its proprietary 9×23 Steyr cartridge (now known as 9mm Steyr).
“Mounted sights, with “crown/Md.1912” and “STEYR 1914” on the left aspect of the slide, and “6104c” and a circled small “S” on each the slide and body. Fitted with a easy set off, serrated hammer, checkered grips and a lanyard ring. A 1 1/4 inch lengthy dovetail channel has been milled into the grip body on both aspect on the rear of the grips, with a sq. notch on the backstrap close to the underside. That is distinctive, as the normal technique of attaching the inventory makes use of a cup on the inventory which the entire grip nests into, versus this technique which bears a resemblance to the mounting kinds used on American and Spanish Mannequin and Star pistols, respectively.”
Lot 1511: Uncommon Steyr Mannequin 1912 Semi-Computerized Pistol, Reduce for a Shoulder Inventory. (n.d.). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/element/57/1511/rare-steyr-model-1912-semiautomatic-pistol-cut-for-a-shoulder.
