Vintage "hi-cap" Pistol

Blind Hog · 12-21-2010, 06:41 PM

From this past weekend SCACA show acquired an example of what may be called an original "high capacity" pistol.

M. Zulaica y Compania, "Royal", "Long Grip", 7.65 m/m, serial 45794, 12 round magazine.

Those Spanish makers turned out some real beauties.

sheepherder · 12-21-2010, 06:50 PM

An interesting pistol!

Ummm...The slide hold-open is also the safety???

Blind Hog · 12-21-2010, 07:28 PM

"Ummm...The slide hold-open is also the safety???

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The safety lever can be used as a "slide hold-open", but it's actual dual-purpose roll is to position the slide for disassembly.

Note, up is "safe", down is "fire". So in the fire position, would not function as a last round fired "slide hold-open".

The design is nothing more than a copy of the Browning 1906 design. However, the "Royal" is internal hammer fired, whereas the Browning 1906 is striker fired.

hardinge · 12-21-2010, 10:44 PM

Thanks for showing this, I really enjoy unusual old pistols.

12-21-2010, 06:41 PM	#1
Blind Hog User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina & North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks--Live on a sandbar, 30 miles out in ocean. Posts: 37 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Vintage "hi-cap" Pistol From this past weekend SCACA show acquired an example of what may be called an original "high capacity" pistol. M. Zulaica y Compania, "Royal", "Long Grip", 7.65 m/m, serial 45794, 12 round magazine. Those Spanish makers turned out some real beauties. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Francis Blind Hog aka: VIS35 "Even a Blind Hog sometimes finds an acorn"

12-21-2010, 06:50 PM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	An interesting pistol! Ummm...The slide hold-open is also the safety??? __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

12-21-2010, 07:28 PM	#3
Blind Hog User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina & North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks--Live on a sandbar, 30 miles out in ocean. Posts: 37 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	"Ummm...The slide hold-open is also the safety??? " The safety lever can be used as a "slide hold-open", but it's actual dual-purpose roll is to position the slide for disassembly. Note, up is "safe", down is "fire". So in the fire position, would not function as a last round fired "slide hold-open". The design is nothing more than a copy of the Browning 1906 design. However, the "Royal" is internal hammer fired, whereas the Browning 1906 is striker fired. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Francis Blind Hog aka: VIS35 "Even a Blind Hog sometimes finds an acorn"

12-21-2010, 10:44 PM	#4
hardinge User Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 10 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Thanks for showing this, I really enjoy unusual old pistols.