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A FINE 8MM WAFFENFABRIK STEYR MODEL 1897 TEST REVOLVER, SERIAL NO. 1
WAFFENFABRIK STEYR MODELL 1897 8MMR PIEPER, ARMEEREVOLVER MIT GASDICHTUNG, SERREINNUMMER 1
SIGHTED PART-ROUND PART-OCTAGONAL BARREL MARKED 1, FRAME MARKED 1 AND WAFFENFABRIK/STEYR, CYLINDER WITH ELONGATED OVAL FLUTES AND RELEASE LEVER ATTACHED TO YOKE, CHECKERED WALNUT GRIPS, LANYARD LOOP, BLUED AND STRAW-COLOUR FINISH.
5¾ INCH BARREL
APPEARS TO HAVE HAD LITTLE TO NO USE, WITH MINOR LIGHT MARKS. MATCHING THROUGHOUT.
BASED ON DESIGNS BY HENRI PIEPER AND OFFERED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRIA, BUT NEVER ADOPTED. CHAMBERED FOR THE 8MM PIEPER RIMMED CARTRIDGE. SEE JAROSLAV LUGS, HANDFEUERWAFFEN, MILITARVERLAG DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK, PRAHA, 1956 AND ROLF H. MULLER, GESCHICTE UND TECHNIK DER EUROPAISCHEN MILITARREVOLVER, JOURNAL VERLAG, 1982
WAFFENFABRIK STEYR MODELL 1897 8MMR PIEPER, ARMEEREVOLVER MIT GASDICHTUNG, SERREINNUMMER 1
SIGHTED PART-ROUND PART-OCTAGONAL BARREL MARKED 1, FRAME MARKED 1 AND WAFFENFABRIK/STEYR, CYLINDER WITH ELONGATED OVAL FLUTES AND RELEASE LEVER ATTACHED TO YOKE, CHECKERED WALNUT GRIPS, LANYARD LOOP, BLUED AND STRAW-COLOUR FINISH.
5¾ INCH BARREL
APPEARS TO HAVE HAD LITTLE TO NO USE, WITH MINOR LIGHT MARKS. MATCHING THROUGHOUT.
BASED ON DESIGNS BY HENRI PIEPER AND OFFERED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRIA, BUT NEVER ADOPTED. CHAMBERED FOR THE 8MM PIEPER RIMMED CARTRIDGE. SEE JAROSLAV LUGS, HANDFEUERWAFFEN, MILITARVERLAG DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK, PRAHA, 1956 AND ROLF H. MULLER, GESCHICTE UND TECHNIK DER EUROPAISCHEN MILITARREVOLVER, JOURNAL VERLAG, 1982