http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons Today's Special Presentation is an overview of all the semiautomatic pistols that were actually put into serial production before the year 1900. We have looked at these individually before, but I think it is worthwhile to examine them together in context, to gain a better understanding of what the automatic pistol scene was really like in the last years of the 19th century. Want to learn more about any of these? Here are some videos on individual guns: Volcanic: https://youtu.be/RZBHTOYHY6Y Luger: https://youtu.be/rIX1EL1hTmE Schwarzlose 1898: https://youtu.be/rYl0dQAJMh4 Mannlicher 1894: https://youtu.be/lBBCZ_5SveE Mannlicher 1896: https://youtu.be/vtInWFneOtA Bergmann No1: https://youtu.be/SGNPqqau-E0 Bergmann No2: https://youtu.be/yiT_LzDJqTM Bergmann No3 & 4: https://youtu.be/gNERn3UXZXg Bergmann No5: https://youtu.be/HnKKmeTOU-s Salvatore-Dormus: https://youtu.be/QGzb-0PJadI Schonberger-Laumann: https://youtu.be/AFhU3Dixvnk If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! http://www.youtube.com/InRangeTVShow Contact: Forgotten Weapons 6281 N Oracle #36270 Tucson, AZ 85704