Today we have some video from a range trip earlier this summer, with a Bergmann-Bayard M1910/21 pistol. There’s a bunch of wind noise (sorry), but I hope the video is still worth watching. As I mention on tape, I really have a crush on this particular handgun.
We will have more video using this piece later, when we do some side-by-side shooting with a C96 Mauser and Astra 900.
All our other information on the Bergmann pistol can be found on the Bergmann-Bayard page in the Vault.
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I am having a bad case of pistol envy. I love this gun. I like the look and the fact it was developed before 1900.
It might just be me, but it seemed to cycle and chamber very fast. I replayed the video several times. Was that actually the case?
You and me both, Phil. 🙂 The gun in the video isn’t mine, and I would love to find one for my own collection (and make one, if necessary).
I didn’t notice anything unusual about the cycling when we were shooting. It’s fast, but that’s normal.
I was asking because I can see the slide moving on a 1911, but I couldn’t visually see the movement of the action on this pistol.
It may just be an artifact of the camera’s frame rate. Keep in mind, though, that the barrel assembly only moved about a quarter inch – the rest of the cycling is done just by the bolt.
Not just a gun, but state of the art !!!
Any plans for a Steyr 1912?
Yes, we will take a Steyr 1912 to the range – I can’t say exactly when, though.
I’m developing a serious “thing” for European small arms from the late 19th and early 20th century.
Nice review.
Attn: Ian
Great review on the Bergmann … I say this because I own one … a M1910, prior to the
variants introduced with the M1910/21. I want to sell this wonderful work of art. Can you or any of your enthusiast fellows offer any guidence or advice.
Garry in Alberta, Canada.
Sorry Garry, but I really don’t have any knowledge of the laws regarding gun sales in Canada. If you were in the US, I would be interested myself…
I can be done … requires an unusal amount of paperwork. This piece is pristine … no corrosion, no powder burns … with holster … has not been fired by me … or my late father-in-law from whom I got it … that’s at least 65 years. Could you give me an approximation of what it might be worth?