There are 25 Pistols and Handguns in the Military Factory.
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1860 New Model Army Colt
The Model 1860 New Army Colt is regarded as the most popular pistol of the war. So popular in fact that the Confederate arms industry copied the design for its own armies. The Model 1860 was rivaled only by the Union's other ...
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1861 Remington
Used almost was widely as the 1860 New model Army Colt revolver, the 1861 Remington was the other Union Army favorite. Some favored it to the Colt because the Remington featured solid frame enclosing the revolving cylinder, w...
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Ballester Molina
The Ballester Molina (also known as the "Hafdasa") is an Argentine-produced copy of the American Colt .45 caliber pistol. The Ballester Molina, as a matter of fact, is nearly indistinguishable from the American forerunner out...
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Beretta M9
In 1980, the United States Army began to look for the eventual successor of the famed - but aged - Colt M1911A1 series of pistol as the standard and primary sidearm to it's forces. The Italian firm of Beretta already had deve...
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Brigadier
This special made Beretta handgun has seen service with the Canadian armed forces....
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Colt M1911
The Colt model M1911 series of pistols is one of the most successful small arms designs of the 20th Century, and in all history of warfare for that matter. The handgun has been produced in quantity in the United States, Argen...
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Colt MEU(SOC)
The MEU(SOC) represents the ultimate evolution of the M1911 Colt system which appeared in the early 1900's and developed into a much-liked and well-respected weapon for countless security and military forces the world over. T...
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Fabrique Nationale FN Barracuda
The FN Barracuda was a security service pistol proposed by the Belgium firm of Fabrique Nationale and accepted into service with a few forces worldwide. The system represented FN's only foray into the world of revolvers but a...
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Fabrique Nationale FN GP35 / High-Power
The FN GP35 ("GP" standing for "Grande Puissance" in French) or Browning High-Power (HP or Hi-Power), is based on the American Colt M1911, which incidentally was also designed by famed American gunsmith John Browning. The GP3...
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Glock 17
The Glock Model 17 has seen service with the Austrian Army. In it's most base form, the Model 17 is a simple weapon to operate and breakdown, consisting of just over 30 parts to contend with. The pistol is billed as a "recoil...
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Glock 30
Based in many ways on the preceding Glock 29 design, the Glock 30 is another fine example of pistol handiwork from Gaston Glock's Austrian firm. The system is chambered to fire the .45 ACP caliber round which remains popular ...
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Heckler & Koch SOCOM (Mk 23 Mod 0)
The Mk 23 Mod 0 is popularly known as the "SOCOM" pistol due to it's relationship with the United States Special Operations COMmand department that first requested a pistol to replace their aging M1911A1 Colt handguns. The re...
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IMI Desert Eagle
The Desert Eagle handgun is a powerful gas-operated, semi-automatic handgun capable of firing the .50 AE (Action Express) caliber round, though minor field adjustments can allow the latest production model of the Desert Eagle...
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LeMat
The LeMat revolver was a Civil War handgun carried by Confederate Officers. It was designed by Confederate Colonel Jean LeMat, and consisted of a 9-shot .40 caliber cylinder system with a 16-gauge buckshot barrel underneath t...
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Mannlicher Model 1901 / 1905
The Mannlicher Model 1901 / Model 1905 series of pistols was an excellent design and production small arm that saw little in the way of profitability. Usage was limited to the forces of Austria/Austria-Hungary and Argentina. ...
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P 08 (Luger)
The German P 08 pistol (or "Pistole 1928" or "P'08" or "Luger") was one of the more famous German-based pistol designs of the Second World War. It's origins were actually well before that, prior to the First World War in fact...
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Smith & Wesson SW Model 67
The popular Model 67 revolver, or '.38 Special' as it is also known, is produced by Smith & Wesson and made with two and four-inch barrels. The gun itself has been manufactured by Colt, Ruger, and Smith & Wesson. The revolver...
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Steyr GB
The Steyr GB underwent many alterations during its production run, obtaining a history for itself as being a poorly-produced and designed handgun. Originally produced as the Pi 18, the pistol was designed around an optional a...
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Type 51
The Type 51 is nothing more than a Chinese production copy of the Soviet-made Tokarev TT-33 pistol series with subtle differences to the external production of the Chinese brand. The firearm has appeared in inventories of oth...
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Walther P38 (Pistole 38)
The Walther P38 (Pistole 38) handgun was designed as a replacement for the well received P 08. The design of the newer P38 was to offer up a production-friendly alternative to the P 08 but still retain many of the key compone...
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The development of the handgun changed the face of warfare, albeit gradually. In a time when it was still common to fight with sword in hand, the single-handed pistol was becoming the weapon of choice amongst individuals for close-in fighting. From the muzzle-loading variety to the later magazine-fed alternatives, the hand gun has evolved into a selective fire weapon with the properties of some machine guns and the portability of the sword it replaced. As with other powder-form weapons early on, the pistol began as a single shot weapon. Somewhat unwieldy and inaccurate, the stopping power was realized far enough in advance to allow the gradual evolution of the firearm for its rightful purpose. The single shot limitation gave way to six-shot repeaters popularized by the cowboys of Hollywood's by-gone era. As technology progressed, so too did ammunition types and maximum cartridge-carrying capabilities. By the end of the 20th Century, the common 9mm could hold as many as 17 rounds in a pistol grip clip. Add to it the ability to mount scopes, lights and laser sights and the pistol as a sidearm has become evermore the lethal weapon that the sword use to be. The object of affection by many a general (think Patton's ivory-handled revolvers), the frontline infantryman relying on the man-stopping capabilities or the sporting man looking for some weekend target practice, the hand gun in any form is a concrete part of the arms surplus markets of the world. |
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