Mannlicher prototypes

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1895 Mannlicher Model 1901 Semi-Automatic Prototype Pistol | Rock Island Auction 1901 Mannlicher 1905 Experimental Self-Loading Rifle – Forgotten Weapons. 1905 Rare Prototype Mannlicher Model 1897/02 Semi-Automatic Carbine 1897 Rare Swiss Manufacture Steyr/Mannlicher Model 1894 Prototype Semi ... 1894. EXTREMELY RARE MANNLICHER M1901/04 SELF-LOADING CARBINE PROTOYPE. Mannlicher 1885 Semiauto Rifle - Forgotten Weapons 1885 Mannlicher Mod. 1895 - Opisy Broni Ferdinand von Mannicher 1885年度自动步枪

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Those pistols look weird, are they even magazine fed?

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Mannlicher Model 1901 self-loading “prototype” pistol serial number “9”. The Mannlicher pistols and later rifles were all designed by Ferdinand bon Mannlicher, an exceptional early mechanical engineer who teamed with the Steyr factory to produce all of his rifle and pistols from the late 1890s on. The 1901 design was one of Mannlicher’s most successful handguns with approximately 10,000 produced 1901 to 1903. Although tested by both the Austro-Hungarians Army and the U.S. Ordnance, it was officially passed over by the U.S. However, it was very favorably used by Austria’s officer corps. It is a blowback operated design that proved to be very robust and durable. The unique feature is that it had an internal, 8 shot magazine that was loaded via stripper clips through the top of the pistol.
early Steyr/Mannlicher self-loading, “blow-forward” Model 1894 pistol that were manufactured by the Swiss at the Neuhausen factory. This beautiful pistol is one of his very first “blow-forward” prototypes which has the extremely low serial number of “15”. There were a handful of these very early prototypes manufacture in Switzerland under a short lived agreement between Mannlicher and the Swiss, with all later manufacturing being done by the Austrian Steyr factory. These early Mannlicher pistols were all designed by Ferdinand Von Mannlicher. Von Mannlicher was an exceptional early engineer, who designed several early semi-automatic rifle and pistols from the early 1890s through post WWII. One of the interesting features of this design is that it looks like it has a standard removable pistol clip, however it actually has a permanently installed internal magazine that loaded from the top of the action via a stripper clip.

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