Jens Theodor Suhr Schouboe patented his original

semi-automatic pistol A semi-automatic pistol is a type of repeating single-chamber handgun ( pistol) that automatically cycles its action to insert the subsequent cartridge into the chamber (self-loading), but requires manual actuation of the trigger to actuall ...

in 1903. It was a

simple blowback Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gas created by the ignition of the propellant charge. Several blowback systems exist wit ...

design with an unusual wood core projectile with a metal jacket. By 1917 in the production of these weapons had ceased.

History

The Schouboe pistol was originally designed in 1903 as a pocket pistol chambered in 32 ACP. In 1907, Schouboe developed a 45 caliber version of the pistol for entry in the 1907 US pistol trials. The trials requirements included the pistol being 45 caliber. The Schouboe was direct blowback, so it could not handle the energy of a traditional 45 caliber cartridge. To get around this, Schouboe made the bullets have a wood core with a metal jacket so that the bullet would be light enough that it could be fired out of the pistol and the pistol would eject safely. The pistol was rejected for not having sufficient wounding ability.

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External links

''The Schouboe Pistol'' by Ed Buffaloe''Vaabenhistorisk Selskab, The Danish Arms & Armour Society''
*Patent nummer 6135 af 6. November 1903 af J. T. S. Schouboe gældende fra 2. dec. 1902 Firearms of Denmark Semi-automatic pistols 1901–1909