The Schönberger-Laumann 1892 is an early
semi-automatic pistol
A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol) is a repeating firearm, repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridge (firearms), cartridges in its chamber (firearms), chamber afte ...
, having received a patent in Austria in 25 November 1891, only a few months after the 11 July patent awarded to first semi-automatic design, the
Salvator Dormus pistol. Austrian inventor Joseph Laumann modified his 8mm repeating pistol in 1892 to use a
blowback actuated self-loading mechanism. The pistol retained the original large cocking lever attached to the underside of the frame in front of the trigger. Approximately thirty-five were manufactured before production ceased when the Austrian military rejected the design in 1896.
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List of clip-fed firearms
Below is a list of firearms regardless of form (IE: Pistol, Rifle, Machine gun etc) that fires ammunition fed from clips
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List of front-magazine pistols
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References
19th-century semi-automatic pistols
Clip-fed firearms
Front-magazine pistols
Semi-automatic pistols of Austria
World War I Austro-Hungarian infantry weapons
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