Automatic pistol system Bergman sample 1903 – 1908 biennium, brand “Bayard”
The automatic pistol of the Bergman system, model 1903-1908, mark "Bayard" (military Bergmann-Bayard). Designed by Bergman, improved and put on sale by the Belgian armory the company "Piper", producing weapons under the brand name "Bayard". It was in service in Portugal and Denmark. Externally, this sample of the Bergman pistol is very similar to the pistol of the 1897 model of the same author. The barrel is movable, shutter with locking. When fired, the barrel with the receiver and the bolt are pushed back on the gun block, the bolt is unlocked and slides back, ejecting the sleeve. The trigger mechanism, magazine and other parts are the same as in the sample in 1897. This sample of the Bergman pistol was originally designed in four calibers: 7,65 mm and 9, 10, 11 mm, but only two calibres were released - 7,65 mm and 9 mm. Stores are available on 6 and 10 rounds. You can charge by inserting a filled magazine from the bottom or pushing cartridges into the magazine from above from a plate holder. In service in Denmark and Portugal adopted Bayard pistols only 9-mm caliber. Bullet weight 8,3 g, charge weight 0,45 g, cartridge weight 12,75 g, its length is 35,5 mm. The initial velocity of the bullet is 400 m / sec., The energy is 44,8 kg · m. Gun length 250 mm, height 145 mm, thickness 32 mm; weight 900 g. When the pistol has a holster-butt, adjacent to the handle of the gun and contributing to a more accurate shooting. The Bayard pistol is a less perfect system than Browning, Colt, Weblay — Scott, Parabellum; it comes very close to the Mauser pistol of 1896–1902, although somewhat more perfect than the latter.
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