Bayard 1908
Appearance
Bayard 1908 | |
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Type | Pistol |
Place of origin | Belgium |
Production history | |
Designer | Bernard Clarus |
Manufacturer | Anciens Etablissements Pieper |
Produced | 1908 - late 1930s |
Specifications | |
Mass | 460–470g (16.22–16.57oz) |
Length | 126mm |
Barrel length | 57mm |
Diameter | 6mm |
Cartridge | 6.35mm Browning, .32 ACP, 9×17mm |
Action | Blowback |
Feed system | 5-round magazine |
The Bayard 1908 is a semi-automatic pistol that patented and designed by Belgian Bernard Clarus in 1907 as a short-range self-defense handgun. The Bayard 1908 was sold on the civilian market. The Belgian factory Anciens Etablissements Pieper produced it from 1908 until the late 1930s. Smith & Wesson engineers reintroduced the design of the Bayard 1908 in their Model 61 pistol, which ran in production from 1970 to 1974.
See also
[edit]Underbarrel pistols
[edit]- FN M1900
- GMC pistol
- Jieffeco Model 1911
- Semmerling XLM