Roth-Steyr M1907
| Roth-Steyr M1907 | |
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| general information | |
| Civil name: | Steyr-Roth |
| Military designation: | 8 mm repeating pistol M 1907 |
| Country of operation: | Austria |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Georg Roth, Karel Krnka Austrian arms factory company in Steyr |
| Manufacturer country: | Austria |
| Production time: | 1907 to 1914 |
| Weapon Category: | gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 233 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 1.0 kg |
| Barrel length : | 131 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 8 × 19 mm Steyr |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 10 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | fixed box magazine |
| Number of trains : | 4th |
| Twist : | right |
| Closure : | Turning |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Roth-Steyr M1907 was an army pistol in the service of the imperial and royal army of Austria-Hungary .
History and technology
When it was introduced in 1907, it was one of the first pistols to ever become an orderly of an armed force. The Roth-Steyr replaced the Rast & Gasser revolver and was primarily intended for the cavalry. The Austro-Hungarian military prescribed special design features for this use. The aim was to prevent unintentional shots from a weapon carried by a mounted soldier, even if his horse shied away. This included the fact that the M1907 did not have a tap. Instead, the firing pin spring was tensioned a little while the pistol was being loaded, and the firing pin then first clicked into place. The full tension was only achieved by pulling the hard military trigger. However, this was not a double-action system; in the event of a failure to fire, the weapon had to be cocked again using the pommel. This trigger system has been revisited for modern toothless polymer weapons such as the Glock .
Typical of Steyr pistols at that time was the magazine that was firmly integrated in the handle and had to be filled with loading strips . The pommel at the end of the weapon was used for loading. The very long slide looks very little like a conventional slide . It consists of a solid block at the rear (except for the hole for the firing pin), and a sleeve at the front that surrounds the barrel. Spiral guides are incorporated into the breech, which turn the barrel 90 ° during recoil and thus release the lock. The construction was not fully developed. It happened that when one shot was fired, a second was released ( double ). Although this error could be corrected, the production turned out to be too complex and was abandoned. As a result, the successor model Steyr M1912 with an external cock was developed in Steyr . To distinguish that pistol is also called the Steyr-Hahn , while this one is called the Steyr-Roth. 80,000 to 90,000 pieces were produced, two thirds of them in Steyr, the others by Fegyvergyar in Budapest.
literature
- E. Hartmann: Newer self-loading pistols. In: War Technical Journal. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1907.
Web links
- hungariae.com: Roth-Steyr M1907 Pistol (English)
- youtube.com: Roth-Steyr 1907 Pistol (video from YouTube channel Forgotten Weapons ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b E. Hartmann: Newer self-loading pistols. Pages 247-257, ( online at archive.org ).
- ^ A b Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Historical Weapon Collections: The Imperial and Royal Repetierpistole M.7. Accessed October 7, 2019.
- ↑ Manowar's Hungarian Weapons & History: Roth-Steyr M1907 Pistol (8 mm Repetierpistole M.7). Accessed October 7, 2019.