Salvator Dormus pistol
Salvator-Dormus | |
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Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Production history | |
Designer | Karl Salvator Georg von Dormus |
Designed | 1891 |
Produced | 1895 |
No. built | about 50 |
Specifications | |
Cartridge | 8mm Dormus[1] |
Action | Delayed blowback |
Maximum firing range | 40m |
Feed system | 5-round magazine[1] |
Sights | Iron sights |
The Salvator-Dormus pistol was the earliest-patented semi-automatic pistol. It was patented on 11 July 1891 by Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and Count Georg von Dormus . As the first of its kind, it was designed without the benefit of experience with earlier models. Various modifications were made with approximately twenty prototypes before thirty pistols of a workable design were submitted for Austrian military trials in 1896. This 8mm blowback pistol loaded through the top and had a hinged magazine door on the butt. The pistol had a separate bolt release and safety. The production delay between patent and military trials allowed comparison with other self-loading pistols, and the Salvator Dormus was considered inferior to its competition. The designers abandoned this project; and few pistols survive.[2]
References
- ^ a b McCollum, Ian. "1891 Salvatore-Dormus: The First Automatic Pistol". ForgottenWeapons.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ Antaris, Leonardo M. (2017). "In the Beginning". American Rifleman. 165 (10). National Rifle Association: 76.
External links
- 1891 Salvator-Dormus: The First Automatic Pistol
- Salvator Dormus Semiautomatic Pistol model 1891—1897
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