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Two handguns that spring to mind for the between the wars era are the Steyr-Hahn M1912 and the Webley Forsbury.
The former is an Austrian made automatic pistol, developed just before the First World War and chambered for the 9mm Steyr round. It is slightly unusual in that it is loaded from a stripper-clip rather than a removable box magazine.
The Webley is another unusual weapon being a self-loading revolver. When fired, the top part of the receiver ( including the cylinder) slides backwards, cocking the hammer and rotating the cylinder ready for the next shot. It was produced in a 6 shot .455in and a ( much rarer) 8 shot .38 version. I gather that competition shooters had a handicap imposed on them as the recoil was softer than a normal gun of the same calibre.
I don't know of anyone famous using the Steyr but the Forsbury appeared in the Maltese Falcon as Sam Spade's late partner's gun.
Cheers,
HF
Two handguns that spring to mind for the between the wars era are the Steyr-Hahn M1912 and the Webley Forsbury.
The former is an Austrian made automatic pistol, developed just before the First World War and chambered for the 9mm Steyr round. It is slightly unusual in that it is loaded from a stripper-clip rather than a removable box magazine.
The Webley is another unusual weapon being a self-loading revolver. When fired, the top part of the receiver ( including the cylinder) slides backwards, cocking the hammer and rotating the cylinder ready for the next shot. It was produced in a 6 shot .455in and a ( much rarer) 8 shot .38 version. I gather that competition shooters had a handicap imposed on them as the recoil was softer than a normal gun of the same calibre.
I don't know of anyone famous using the Steyr but the Forsbury appeared in the Maltese Falcon as Sam Spade's late partner's gun.
Cheers,
HF