Mauser did not limit their Model 1912 and 1912/14 pistols to just being chambered in 9mm - they also developed a number of prototypes in .45ACP. Today we have a series of three such prototypes showing the sequence of changes in the operating Mechanism used by Mauser. The first uses a friction lever with a buffer, the second is a revised version of friction delay, and the third uses the flapper-delaying system that became standard on the 9mm examples.
VIDEO HERE (8:43 minutes)
Thank you for that. I had no idea Mauser had tried to make a .45 ACP pistol, and had not heard of "flapper delay".
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ReplyDeleteLuger also reportedly managed the same trick and managed to get (if one believes legend) 2 of them into the hands of folks in Aberdeen to test out. 1 was destroyed, the other is.......$$$$$$$$? -Bert
ReplyDeleteI inherited one of these:
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when my Dad passed. A sweet little pistol.
According to family lore he won it in a Poker game while stationed at Pendleton after the War.
RIP, Old Man.