{"id":18747,"date":"2017-02-26T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/26\/mannlicher-model-1894-pistols\/"},"modified":"2017-02-26T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T12:00:02","slug":"mannlicher-model-1894-pistols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/26\/mannlicher-model-1894-pistols\/","title":{"rendered":"Mannlicher Model 1894 Pistols"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBBCZ_5SveE?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Mannlicher Model 1894 was one of the first successful semiauto pistol designs, and used a very unusual blow forward action. Instead of having a moving slide, the bullet would actually pull the barrel forward when fired, cycling the action. The Model 1894 used a double action trigger and had a 5-round internal magazine fed by stripper clips. It was tested by several large militaries, but rejected by all of them.<\/p>\n<p>The US trial report is particularly illuminating, noting that for all its technological leading-edge status, the gun was in practical terms no more useful than a revolver. The first ones were made in 7.8mm, with production changing to a slightly smaller frame and a straight-walled 6.5mm cartridge when it moved to Neuhausen, in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Only three blow-forward pistols were ever produced in number, with the other two being:<\/p>\n<p>1908 Hino-Komuro: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IelUFboWuOA<br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IelUFboWuOA<br<\/a> \/>1908 Schwarzlose: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kHQep9KW0ys<br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kHQep9KW0ys<br<\/a> \/>1908 Schwarzlose in Slow Motion: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HQEXUH_uFYo<br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HQEXUH_uFYo<br<\/a> \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mannlicher Model 1894 was one of the first successful semiauto pistol designs, and used a very unusual blow forward action. 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The Model 1894 used a double action trigger and had a 5-round internal magazine fed&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/26\/mannlicher-model-1894-pistols\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mannlicher Model 1894 Pistols<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}