The Schwarzlose Model 1898 was a full-size, locked-breech, rotary-bolt,
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 ...
invented by Prussian firearm designer
Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose.
It was chambered for cartridges such as the
7.65×25mm Borchardt
The 7.65×25mm Borchardt cartridge was designed by Georg Johann Luger for use in Hugo Borchardt's Borchardt C-93 pistol. It was the first successful rimless pistol cartridge.
History and design
With a rimless, bottlenecked case using smokeless po ...
and
7.63×25mm Mauser
The 7.63×25mm Mauser (.30 Mauser Automatic) round was the original cartridge for the Mauser C96 service pistol. This cartridge headspaces on the shoulder of the case.Wilson, R. K. ''Textbook of Automatic Pistols'', p.247. Plantersville, SC: Smal ...
.
Most pistols used a six-shot detachable magazine, but a few were built with a larger frame for an eight-shot magazine. The rear sight was vertically adjustable, and the firing pin served as a cocking indicator by protruding to the rear. The Schwarzlose design was advanced for its time, but not widely adopted with less than 500 pieces being manufactured.
Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sou ...
. Another lot was sold to members of the Russian Social-Democratic Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP; in , ''Rossiyskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya rabochaya partiya (RSDRP)''), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party or the Russian Social Democratic Party, was a socialist pol ...
who were plotting insurrection, but were confiscated at the Russian border and issued to the Imperial Russian Frontier Guards.
Users
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See also
* Schwarzlose Model 1908
References
External links
Questions and Answers'', P. T. Kekkonen. #17, April 2002. Forgotten Weapons - Schwarzlose 1898 Semiauto Pistol
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19th-century semi-automatic pistols
Semi-automatic pistols of Germany
7.65mm firearms
7.63×25mm Mauser firearms