Welcome to as we speak’s Picture of the Day! Right here we’ve got a really elegant and scarce ring-trigger pistol from the Nineties. That is the Bittner 1893 Ring-Set off Pistol. It’s generally known as the Mannequin 1893 and generally the 1896, however regardless it’s the Bittner. These fancy 1893 Ring-Set off Pistols had been created by an inventor by identify of Gustav Bittner in 1893. This very distinctive pistol was not put into manufacturing till round 1896 which is why there may be such a discrepancy within the now accepted names of those very outdated weapons. These ring-triggered pistols had been distinctive in their very own manner in comparison with different ring-triggered revolvers and pistols on the time. It used an inner journal that might maintain 5 rounds of seven.7 Bittner which was a rimmed black powder cartridge much like the .380 Quick cartridges. These used a Mannlicher fashion clip and the ring-trigger guard would provide spring help on the rebound. This manner it successfully would really feel like a double-action handgun.
“This can be a stunning instance of a really uncommon, all authentic cased Bittner repeating pistol. These pistols had been an early try by Gustav Bitner to develop a “repeating” (not semi-automatic) pistol within the early Nineties. His design truly centered round utilizing the linear motion of the bolt mixed with the mechanical motion/motion of the ringed set off guard which cocked and cycled the pistol. The idea proved to be a superb mechanical design; nonetheless, it was fully overtaken by the semi-automatic pistols developed by a number of world well-known corporations reminiscent of Borchardt and Mauser throughout this time interval. This pistol set could be very uncommon as so few instance had been truly bought as a cased pistol.”
Lot 1387: Bittner Gustav 1893 Pistol 7.7 mm – Excellent Manufacturing facility Presentation Cased Bitner Mannequin 1893 Repeating Pistol. (n.d.). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/element/68/1387/bittner-gustav-1893-pistol-77-mm.
