47/8 pistol (P-210-2).
Model 1871
This 6-shot revolver was built on a Lefaucheux-Francotte solid frame fixed cylinder with non-mechanical ejection. This is an 11mm pinfire revolver. Octagon barrel length is 5". Weight is about 34 oz. Smooth wooden grips with lanyard loop. Built by the Belgian firm of Auguste Francotte. Issued to the Danish navy from 1871 to 1882.
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1871/81
This model is a Model 1871 converted to centerfire 11mm. The conversion was done at the Danish navy yard in Copenhagen in 1881. All other specifications are the same as those for the Model 1871.
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1865/97
This revolver is built on the Chamelot-Delvigne solid-frame, fixed-cylinder action with non-mechanical ejection. It was originally issued to the Danish navy in 1865 as an 11mm pinfire sidearm and was later converted in Kronberg to 11.45mm centerfire revolver. The revolver is fitted with a lever-type safety that blocks the hammer from the cylinder when engaged. Barrel length is 5". Checkered wood grips with lanyard loop located behind the hammer. Weight is about 30 oz. Issued to the Danish navy from 1897 to 1919.
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1882
This revolver was built on the Lefaucheux-Francotte solid-frame fixed cylinder with non-mechanical ejection. Capacity was 6 rounds and the gun was chambered for the 9mm cartridge. The half-round half-octagon barrel was 5.5". This revolver was issued to Danish NCOs from 1888 to 1919.
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1886
This revolver was chambered for the 9.5mm cartridge and fitted with a 3" barrel. Built by Auguste Francotte in Liege, Belgium, and issued to military police units in the Danish army beginning in 1886.
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1891
This revolver employed a top-break, hinged frame with latch and was chambered for the 9mm cartridge and fitted with a 6.3" half-round half-octagon barrel. Checkered wooden grips with lanyard loop. Built by J.B. Ronge inumo Liege, Belgium. Weight is about 33 oz. Issued to Danish navy units from 1891 to 1941.
NOTE: A training version of this revolver was also used by the Danish navy and was chambered for the 5.1mm cartridge. All other specifications are the same.
Standard Model
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1891/96 Training Version
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Bergmann-Bayard Model 1908
Built by the Belgium firm of Pieper SA from 1908 to about 1914. Caliber is 9x23mm Bergman-Bayard with 4" barrel. Many foreign contracts were built in this model.
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Bergmann-Bayard Model 1910-21
After WWI Pieper could no longer supply Bergmann-Bayard pistols to the Danish army, so Denmark made their own at their two national arsenals, Haerens Rustkammer and Haerens Tojus as the Model 1910-21. Most pre-war Pieper-made pistols were modified to 1910-21 configuration during the postwar years.
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Model 46
This is the Danish designation for the postwar Browning Hi-Power. Marked “M 1946 HV” on the left side of the frame. Fixed sights.
Courtesy Orvel Reichert
Courtesy Orvel Reichert
