Let’s play the “What is it?” game!

[cmshoot]

 

[boneboy96]

Wembley Mars automatic service pistol.

 

[cmshoot]

Wembley Mars automatic service pistol.

Designed by Gabbett-Fairfax and manufactured by Webley & Scott.

“The Mars Automatic Pistol was a semi-automatic pistol developed in 1900 by the Englishman Hugh Gabbet-Fairfax. It was manufactured by Webley & Scott and distributed by the Mars Automatic Pistol Syndicate. The Mars Automatic Pistol is famous for being available in a variety of 8.5 mm, 9 mm and .45 calibres. These were all bottle shaped cartridges with a heavy powder loading, making the .45 version the most powerful handgun in the world for a time. It used a unique long recoil rotating bolt action which ejected spent cartridges straight to the rear.

The Mars Automatic Pistol was rejected by the British War Office as a possible replacement for the Webley & Scott Revolver, then in service with the British Army, because of the unacceptable large recoil, muzzle-flash, and mechanical complexity. It has since become a collectors item because of its rarity and as an example of the earliest developments in semi-automatic pistols.”

 

[boneboy96]

Play without me today. Somebody is up!

 

[cmshoot]

Custom piece, 75 were made. Who was the maker and what were the guns called?

 

[EMC45]

Armand Swenson?

 

[boneboy96]

Made by Browning is my guess.

 

[Poppa Mike]

Custom piece, 75 were made. Who was the maker and what were the guns called?

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Browning Hi Power Detective

 

[cmshoot]

No to all those.

 

[Poppa Mike]

Austin Behlert Mini Combat Browning Hi Power