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Michael Zeleny · 10-03-2009, 12:42 PM

10-03-2009, 12:42 PM	#1
Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 139 Times in 76 Posts	The New York Times on the Borchardt Pistol October 14, 1894: A CURIOUS AUTOMATIC PISTOL.; A German Invention That Is the Wonder of Military Men. October 21, 1894: THE BORCHARDT AUTOMATIC PISTOL.; Mechanism Explained of the Remarkable Product of Gunmaker Loewe. September 12, 1897: SHOOTING AT CREEDMOOR; Barely 200 Men Attended the Ranges for Marksmen's and Experts' Practice. EXCELLENT SCORES MADE A New Automatic Repeating Pistol Tested at Several Ranges with Satisfactory Results -- Twelfth Regiment Carried Off the Honors. November 21, 1897: SMOKELESS POWDER PISTOL.; Some Features of the Borchardt Automatic Repeating Weapon. __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett