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- Colt 1903 pocket "hammerless"
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Background of the Colt 1903 "Hammerless"
- John Browning and the Belgian firm Fabrique Nationale (FN)
- FN Model 1900
- FN 1903 "Grand Modèle"
- Colt .38 ACP "Pocket model"
- Colt 1903 "Hammerless" : a shorter version of the FN 1903
- Several minor differences between them
- Early version of the Colt 1903 "Hammerless"
Mechanical features of the Colt 1903 "Hammerless"
- Comparison between the Colt 1903 and the 1900's line
- The slide of the 1903 "Hammerless"
- A thumb safety lever
- For the first time a grip safety
- Offered in caliber .32 ACP and .380 ACP
- Modifications to simplify the takedown procedure
- Production figures of the "Junior"
The Tansley safety
- The Tansley safety functioning
- The Colt 1903 feeding guide & ejector
Other mechanical features of the Colt 1903...
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- Date Released: 14-05-2014
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- Colt Model 1911 A1 explained
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From the Model 1911 to the Model 1911 A1
Further refinement of the Model 1911 A1
National Match Pistols in caliber .45 ACP
Commercial production of the Model 1911 A1
War production of the Model 1911 A1
Post War changes until the 1960s
Changes of the 1970s
Colt Government in caliber .38 Super
Colt "Commander"
Colt "Gold Cup National Match" in caliber .45 ACP
Colt "AMU" and kits in caliber .38 Special & .45 ACP
Colt "Gold Cup National Match" in caliber .38 Special
Colt Government field stripping
Colt Government advanced dismounting - 1
Colt Government advanced dismounting - 2
Colt Government advanced dismounting - 3
Operation of the Colt Government
Thumb safety and 1911 A1 firing cycle
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- Date Released: 30-07-2014
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- Colt pistol Model 1911
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Development of the .45 ACP caliber cartridge
- Adaptation of the Model 1902 "Military" in .45 caliber
- The weakness of the barrel links
- The question of the most suitable caliber for a military pistol
- The conclusions drawn from the experiments
- The essential features in a service handgun
Colt pistol Model 1905 in .45 caliber
- The Colt Model 1905 specific features
- In early 1907, a new variation
- English official tests
- Variations & Serial numbers of the Colt Model 1905
U.S. Army official tests of 1907
- Nine constructors submitted models
- Luger pistol in .45 ACP caliber
- Savage pistol in .45 ACP caliber
- A modified version of the Model 1905
- Several modifications of the Colt 1905 required
- A loaded chamber indicator and a grip safety
Colt Model 1909
- Description of...
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- Date Released: 11-08-2014
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- Colt pistols of 1900 series
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Early patents of the Browning semi-auto pistols
- Patent #580923 - gas-operated toggle system
- Patent #580925 - Rotary barrel
- Patent #580926 - Blow back pistol
- Patent #580924 - Short recoil unlocking
Early production of the Colt semi-auto pistols
- Comparing the early Colt 1900 of production vs Patent #580, 924
- .38 ACP cartridges vs .38 Super
- The firing pin safety
- New firing pin and dovetailed rear sight
- Navy contract Model 1900
Features of the Colt 1900 pistol
- 200 pistols ordered by the US Army
- Field stripping of the model 1900
- Usual markings on the Colt 1900 commercial
- Model 1900 with finger grooves located at the front
- Upgraded slide and round hammer
- Colt Model 1900 parts nomenclature
The Colt 1900 pistol for the U.S. Military
- 1900 test results with...
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- Date Released: 15-10-2014
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- Colt pistols of small caliber
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The Colt "Vest Pocket" Pistol
- Based on a 1905 Browning design for FN (Belgium)
- First prototype appeared in 1907
- A striker used instead of a hammer and firing pin
- Mechanical features
- How the safeties work
- Thumb safety - grip safety - magazine safety
Operation of the Colt "Vest Pocket" Pistol
- Firing cycle explained
- The 6,35 mm Browning or .25 ACP cartridge
- Dismounting of the Colt "Vest Pocket"
- Collector's corner
- Markings and serial numbers
- 1958, a new "Vest Pocket" of Spanish Astra design
- Production figures of the "Junior"
The Colt "Woodsman"
- Early developments
- George Tansley and Francis Chadwick
- The Colt Target Model becomes "The Woodsman" in 1927
- 1935, the "Sport Model Woodsman"
- 1938, the "Match Target Woodsman"
- Post War II...
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- Date Released: 27-01-2014
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- FN FAL rifle explained
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How the FN FAL functions
- Principle of the gas operated action
- How works the regulator
- The gas cylinder plug
- Gasses regulation procedure.
Firing cycle of the FN FAL
- Cocking the FN FAL
- Introducing the loaded magazine
- The cocking handle
- The hold open latch
- Firing cycle explained
- The change lever three positionnings
- Detailed analyse of the bolt unlocking
- Animated sequence of the bolt unlocking
- Ejection of the cartridge case
- Using the FAL as a "one shot" rifle
- Loading the magazine
The change lever
- The three positions of the change lever
- How the lever's pivot interacts with the trigger
- Semi-automatic mode
- Interaction between the sear and the trigger
- Interaction between the sear and the hammerd
- Disconnecting and re-connecting of the...
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- Date Released: 06-02-2015
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- FN model 1900 pistol explained
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Field dismounting of the FN Model 1900 (I)
- Removing the slide
Field dismounting of the FN Model 1900 (II)
- Removing the breechblock
- Parts diagram
Advanced dismounting of the breechblock
- Dismounting the extractor
- Dismounting the cocking lever assembly
- Dismounting the striker
Advanced dismounting of the receiver (I)
- Dismounting the grip plates
- Dismounting the other grip components
Advanced dismounting of the receiver (II)
- Dismounting the safety lever
- Dismounting the sear
- Reassembling tips
- Re-installing the breechblock
Functioning of the FN Model 1900 (I)
- Chambering of a cartridge
- Cocking of the striker
Functioning of the FN Model 1900 (II)
- Trigger work
- Extraction and ejection of the spent case
The safety of the FN Model 1900
- Action of the...
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- Date Released: 22-04-2014
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- LE FRANCAIS pistols explained
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Field stripping of the LE FRANCAIS 6.35mm pistol
- Removal of the magazine
- Pivoting of the barrel
- Dismounting of the slide
- Slide rear bushing
- Release of the striker and springs
Advanced dismounting of the LE FRANCAIS 6.35 pistol (I)
- Removal of both grip plates
- Removal of the recoil levers
- Disassembling the recoil spring unit
- Removal of the barrel lever's leaf spring
Advanced dismounting of the LE FRANCAIS 6.35 pistol (II)
- Dismounting the trigger guard
- Trigger guard reassembling tip
- Dismounting the trigger assembly
- Dismounting the barrel
- Magazine latch pivot pin
- Parts legend
- Serial number and other markings
Functioning of the LE FRANCAIS 6.35 pistol (I)
- Manual loading of the barrel
- Functioning of the barrel lever
- User manual
- What...
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- Date Released: 20-02-2015
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- Les pistolets Luger DWM
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Bref rappel historique sur le passé de la firme DWM
- Création de la firme LOEWE und Cie
- Acquisition de la firme Mauser
- Création de la Deutsche Metallpatronenfabrik (DM)
- Naissance de la Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken AG (DWM)
- Intinéraire de Hugo BORCHARDT
- Pistolet Borchardt modèle 1893
- Georg Luger
- Pistolet Borchardt-Luger
Les pistolets Borchardt produits par LOEWE et par DWM
- Plus ou moins 3100 pistolets Borchardt manufacturés
- Les marquages du producteur
- Les marquages d'épreuve
- Modification du pontet
- Modification de la gâchette
- Suppression des goupilles d'arrêt du boîtier arrière
- Modification du guidon et de la hausse
- Fixation de l'anneau de dragonne
Evolution du pistolet créé par Hugo Borchardt
- Pistolet Borchardt C 93 produit...
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- Date Released: 20-02-2014
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- Luger pistol producers
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Erfurt Lugers - Historic details
Markings found on the Erfurt Lugers
- Three types of crown
- A host of various control stamps
- The Crowned RC, standing for "Revisions Commission"
An Erfurt Luger back from East Germany
The Royal Spandau Arsenal
The Vickers Lugers
The Simson Lugers
- The firm SIMSON & Co, Waffenfabrik , Suhl, Thuringia
- Simson acquired the ERFURT arsenal machinery
- The rework of the pistols still available in remaining inventories
- Simson Lugers were very similar to ERFURT's
- The Simson markings
- A total Luger production estimated at around 25,000 pistols
- The "Simson & Co" marking replaced by a single "S"
- In 1934, the firm was dismantled by the Nazis
Krieghoff Lugers - Historic details
- In 1886, Ludwig Krieghoff founded a sporting guns factory
- Ludwig...
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- Date Released: 03-03-2014
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- Pistol full-auto conversions
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Early developments of "Machinepistols"
- In the confines of the WW I trenches
- Luger pistol with the 32-round drum magazine
- Machine fire carbine version of the Mauser C96 pistol
- Schmeisser's design known as the "Maschinen Pistole 18"
- Spanish selective fire copies of the Mauser C96
- Bestegui Hermanos (Royal) & Unceta & Cie (ASTRA)
- Mauser C96 with a selective fire capability
Early Browning type pistols with selective fire
- Himan S. Lebman's prototypes
- John Dillinger and Baby face Nelson
- Star or Llama selective fire Browning designs
- Star Model D
- Llama Model "Plus Ultra"
- French UNION Model "Rafaleur"
The STAR machine pistol Model 1922
- The trigger mechanism
- Selective Fire Mechanism
- Detail of the new parts and modifications
- Operation of the Star MD in...
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- Date Released: 25-03-2015
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- Post-1980 Colt pistols
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Colt Pistols - Series 80 General Features
- A comparison of the 1911 A1 and the Colt Series 80 pistols
- The internal mechanism
- The firing pin safety features
- New parts
Colt Commander and Officer - Series 80
- The Commander model
- The Officer model
- The bell shaped barrel
- The Officer model barrel bushing
- The way the recoil spring bushing is dismounted
- The gun stripping differs from that of the Government model
- The way the firing pin is dismounted
- The extractor of the Series 80
- Why the Colt Officer shoots very accurately
- The hammer half-cock notch with no retaining ledge
Colt "Gold Cup" & "Gold Cup Trophy"
- The "Gold Cup National Match" models of the Series 80
- A second recoil spring of weaker strength
- A magazine fitted with a spring shaped follower
-...
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- Date Released: 26-08-2014
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- The FN HP pistol explained
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Dismounting of the FN High Power (1)
- Field stripping
- Pre and post-war barrel lug profile
Dismounting of the FN High Power (2)
- Disassembling the recoil spring guide
- Dismounting the firing pin
- Dismounting the extractor
- Redesigned components of the fifties
- Dismounting the sear lever
- Other changes through the sixties
Dismounting of the FN High Power (3)
- Removing the grip plates
- Post-war military HP frames
- Dismounting the sear and sear spring
- Dismounting the safety catch
- Reassembling the safety lever
Dismounting of the FN High Power (4)
- Dismounting the hammer/mainspring assembly
- Two types of hammer assembly
- Dismounting the magazine latch
- Dismounting the trigger assembly
- Two magazine safety designs
- Dismounting the magazine
- Browing High Power...
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- Date Released: 24-07-2014
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- The Luger models explained
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A brief recall of the basic models
- The Old (1900) and the New (1906) construction
- The current calibers
- The frame can be of long or short type
- Old and New Model Features compared point by point
- Finishing of the Luger pistols
The Luger Model 1900
- Basic technical characteristics
- One of the first requested changes
- Thumb safety lever variations
- Pictures showing the salient features of the 1900 Model
- The grip safety broadening
The Luger 1902 in 9 mm Parabellum
- The 9 mm cartridge evolving from the 7.65 mm cartridge
- The first 1902 prototypes
- Shortening of the frame
- The curvature of the trigger guard
- The cartridges-counter model
- Mauser 1902 commemorative models
The Luger Carbine
- Long barreled models appeared during 1900
- An unusual graduated rear...
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- Date Released: 25-09-2014
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- Walther P38 explained
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Field dismounting of the Walther P38 & P1
- Dismounting of the slide
- Difference between the wartime P38 and the postwar P1
Advanced dismounting of the barrel & slide
- Dismounting of the barrel assembly
- Dismounting of the slide assembly
Advanced dismounting of the receiver ( I )
Advanced dismounting of the receiver ( II )
Operation of the Walther P-38
- The chambered cartridge indicator
- Double-action of the P-38 explained
- The deconnection in the P-38
- When the cartridge does not explode
Breech locking system of the Walther P-38
The safeties of the Walther P-38
- The thumb safety
- The uncocking of the P-38
- The automatic safety
- The warning safeties
An experimental P-38 under focus
- The "horseshoe" or "open" sear
- The experimental "square notched" trigger
-...
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- Date Released: 01-08-2014
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