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Semi-automatic pistol
Dreyse Model 1907 (Dreyse M1907)
Dreyse m1907. This example has World War I Imperial German ordnance acceptance stamps, and a late World War II issued Presstoff holster
Type
Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin
German Empire
Service history
In service
1907–1945
Used by
See Users
Wars
World War I, Lithuanian Wars of Independence, World War II
Production history
Designer
Louis Schmeisser
Designed
1905–1906
Manufacturer
Rheinische Metallwaaren- und Maschinenfabrik AG
Produced
1907–1915[1]
Specifications
Mass
710 g (1 lb 9 oz)
Length
160 mm (6.3 in)
Barrel length
92 mm (3.6 in)[1]
Cartridge
7.65 mm Browning (.32 ACP)
Caliber
7.65 mm
Action
blowback, unlocked breech
Muzzle velocity
305 m/s (1,000 ft/s)https://fiocchiusa.com/centerfire-pistol/range-dynamics/32ap.html
Effective firing range
Sights set for 25 m (82 ft)
Maximum firing range
50 m (164 ft) effective range
Feed system
7-round detachable single-stack magazine
Sights
Rear notch and front blade post
A nickel plated Dreyse m1907
The Dreyse Model 1907 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Louis Schmeisser. The gun was named after Nikolaus von Dreyse, the designer and inventor of the Dreyse Needle Gun. The Waffenfabrik von Dreyse company was acquired by Rheinische Metallwaren & Maschinenfabrik Sömmerda in 1901, although the Dreyse Model pistols were marketed under the Dreyse name.
The pistol had an interesting feature for the time: when the gun was ready to fire, the firing pin projected through the back of the breech block, serving as an early handgun-cocking indicator. For cleaning, the frame, receiver and slide pivoted forward on a pin in front of the trigger guard. The pistol and its derivatives (Dreyse Model 1907 Pocket Pistol, Dreyse Model 1912 Parabellum) was of simple blowback recoil operation, though of unusual design.[2]
The same company also manufactured a 6.35 mm pocket version (also named Model 1907). In 1912 the 9 mm Parabellum Dreyse Model 1912 emerged as the gun's successor. Marked as the RM & M Dreyse, it was chambered for 9 mm Parabellum.
Despite the gun's limited production time, the gun is relatively common today, in large part due to its use by Volkssturm and Volksgrenadier late in World War II, enabling many Allied personnel to bring examples home as war trophies.[3]
^ abWood, J. B. (2007). The Gun Digest Book of Automatic Pistols (3rd ed.). Iola, WI: Gun Digest Books. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-89689-473-0.
^"7.65mm Dreyse Pistol Model 1907". Manowar's Hungarian Weapons & History.
^Wood, J.B. (1999). The Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly Part I - Automatic Pistols (Pt. 1). Krause Publications. p. 248. ISBN 0-87341-783-6.
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