A lovely Brun Latrige pistol with ivory grips and engravings.Invented in France in 1869, the Brun La
A lovely Brun Latrige pistol with ivory grips and engravings.Invented in France in 1869, the Brun Latrige is often erroneously called the first semi automatic pistol. Rather it is a double action pistol with a unique design. Rather than using the recoil or gas of a discharge, the action was entirely worked through trigger pull. Pulling back the trigger in one long stroke fired the pistol, then ejected the empty casing. Pulling the trigger forward then loaded a fresh cartridge from the fixed magazine which held ten rounds. It was chambered for a 6mm and 8mm rimfire cartridge. -- source link
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