World
Guns
| BERGMANN-BAYARD | |
| Country Of Origin: | Germany |
| Designation: | Pistol |
| Cartridge: | 9 mm x 23 Bergmann-Bayard (9 mm Largo) |
| Production Date: | 1910-1945 |
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| Weapon Dimensions: | ||
| Length: | 254 mm | |
| Barrel: | 102 mm | |
| Weight: | 1020 g | |
| Rifling: | 6 grooves, rh | |
| Capacity: | 6 or 10 rounds |
This information is from the book
Edward C. Ezell
Handguns of the World
copyright 1981
reprinted 1993 by
Barnes & Noble
Figure 8-13 on page 376 shows a photo that is nearly identical to the one on the flubber picture archive. The caption reads:
The 9mm Bergmann Bayard built by AEP for the Danish army (Model 1910).
... has a 101 mm barrel, was 253 [mm] overall without a stock (600 mm
with stock), and weighed 966 grams. The standard magazine was 6 shots,
but a 10-shot magazine could also be used. The rifling was 6 left.
Theodor Bergmann, a German industrialist, hired a gun designer and developed
a series of automatic pistols at the turn of the century. Their later
guns used the 9x23 Bergmann No. 6 cartridge, also known as the 9mm Bergmann
Bayard and the 9mm Largo (in Spain) (page 369). Bergmann licensed the
gun design to the Societe Anonyme Anciens Etablissments Pieper (AEP) of
Herstal, Belgium (page 371), which called the pistol the Bayard. Most
appear to have been outfitted with a shoulder stock-holster.
"AEP's second major sales of the Bergmann Bayard was an order of
4840 handguns for the Danish Army" (page 374). This is the Model
1910:
After WW I, a redesigned version, designated the Model 1910/21, was manufactured
in Denmark from 1921 through 1925, totaling just over 2200 guns. The main
external difference is that the grip panels are longer, extending farther
up the grip toward the breach end of the slide. (page 374)