POTD: The Final of The Guide Repeaters

Welcome to in the present day’s Picture of the Day! The Bittner repeating pistol represented one of many final operated by hand magazine-fed handguns earlier than semi-automatics took over within the late nineteenth century. Designed by Gustav Bittner and getting into manufacturing round 1896, the Bittner was a superbly crafted, lever-action five-shot utilizing a Mannlicher-style clip. Its 7.7mm rimmed cartridge, seemingly impressed by the .320 revolver spherical, gave it higher ballistics than most interval pocket pistols. Bittner integrated a flat spring within the journal housing to feed cartridges upwards into the rotating bolt. The motion cycled through a hoop lever under the set off guard. Estimates counsel some 2,000 to three,000 Bittners had been manufactured via 1897-1898. Whereas the restricted, proprietary ammunition doomed its longevity, the Bittner’s high-end workmanship and intelligent mechanics make it exceptionally valued in the present day. As semi-autos emerged, the Bittner repeating pistol pale quickly into historical past.

“Manufactured c.1896-1898. No seen proof stamps or dates.

Producer: Bittner Gustav

Mannequin: Repeating

Kind: Pistol

Gauge: 7.7 mm

Barrel: 6 inch octagon

End: blue/casehardened

Grip: walnut”

Lot 4209: Bittner Repeating Pistol – Scarce Bittner Repeating Pistol. (n.d.-bh). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved December 3, 2023, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/element/1034/4209/bittner-repeating-pistol.

Sam.S

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