A pistol with an incredible super sharp knife and a small torch, made especially for the special police. A deadly weapon and very strong.

The Pistolet Automatique Modèle 1935A was a semiautomatic pistol developed by Charles Petter, a former Army captain and engineer of the French Societe Alsacienne and Constructions mécaniques of Cholet. The Model 35 was used by the French in several wars. Its production started in 1937 but in 1938 it was redesigned to simplify its manufacture and in 1939 she was delivered to the French Army.

MAS (Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Etiene), who was responsible for most of its production, redesigned the project to facilitate the production and his version was called Modèle 1935S. The company’s Switzerland Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft produzr bought the right of the weapon in 1937 and from it developed the SIG P210. A Model 1935A was used by police and the army until 1950 when it was replaced by MAC Mle 1950.

Specifications Modèle 1935A

Type: Semiautomatic pistol
Caliber: 7.65 mm
Length: 188mm
Weight: 730 grams
Initial velocity of the projectile: 304m / s
Food: Comb 8 cartridges

The pistol Model D was produced by the Manufacture d’Armes de Bayonne between 1933 and 1963 and was based on the Belgian Browning FN pistol. The MAB D is designed on top of the MAB C, which has many parts in common but a small pistol was directed to the use of civilians while the MAB D was larger and directed to use police and military.

After the German occupation of the gun became When Using the Wehrmacht and many Germans were marked with symbols. After the war the gun was used in Indochina and France has been used by various government agencies.

MAB Model D Specifications

Type: Semiautomatic pistol
Weight: 0.76 kg
Length: 178mm
Barrel length: 101mm
Caliber: 7,65 x17mm
Initial velocity of the projectile: 213m / s
Food: 9 comb cartridges

Defenders of the 1911 will vehemently contest these last three perceptions, pointing to the superior trigger and durability of the 1911, and the superior stopping power and inherent accuracy of the .45 ACP cartridge. In terms of safety, three conditions must be met for the cocked and locked 1911 to fire: (1) a firing grip must depress the grip safety; (2) the manual safety must be taken off, and (3) the trigger must be pulled. Nevertheless, it looks scary and the Armed Forces have documented negligent discharges from improperly handled pistols.

It could be said that the 1911 fell victim to its own mythology. I grew up hearing the stories of the .45–that it kicked so badly that an inexperienced person couldn’t hit a door from twenty feet away with one, that a man, struck anywhere on the body by a .45 round would be knocked down as if hit by a truck, and that you could shoot down a Japanese Zero with a .45. (A Zero was downed with a .45 but by a head shot on the pilot by an American aviator parachuting from a bomber. The Zero was trying to strafe the American.) In 1998 The FBI S.W.A.T. team adopted the Springfield 1911A1 as standard issue. Anecdotal evidence out of Desert Storm indicates that the Berettas jammed because of the fine sand in the desert and the Marines broke out the 1911′s.

My Own Opinion:

The M9, Beretta 92 F, has the smoothest slide and the lightest recoil spring of any major caliber pistol I know of. When you rack the slide of the M9, you can feel the precision and quality of its manufacture. Those bottomless 15-round magazines could prove to be life savers should you decide to shoot it out with the Crips or invade a small foreign country. My wife is of the opinion that the Beretta is the nicest shooting autoloader around. It has a very good trigger for a DA/SA and the long barrel and sight radius give it adequate accuracy.

Too bad the 92 F is a 9mm. The 9mm is a reasonable defensive round. It will do its part if you do yours, but of course, the same could be said of a .32 caliber pocket gun. Questions have been raised about the “stopping power” of the 9mm and people whose lives depend on their handguns have been migrating away from the 9mm and toward the .40 S&W and .45 ACP in recent years. If I had to shoot someone and I had one shot to do the job, I’d rather that shot be a 230 grain .45 ACP.

My target and competition gun is a Colt Combat Commander. The question of “inherent accuracy” is the grist of endless debates, but I do believe that some cartridges are more inherently accurate than others. I base this on nothing more than my own experience with shooting them. In my hands, .38 and .45 are more accurate rounds than 9mm and .40 S&W. I shoot .45 with much greater accuracy than I do 9mm, so it is more rewarding for me to shoot .45 for fun and competition. .45 ACP is heavier and more expensive than 9mm, and folks who are particularly recoil sensitive will enjoy the 9mm more than the .45. Last, but not least, 9mm pistols tend to be lighter and more comfortable to carry than 1911s, although some lightweight models of the 1911 are beginning to appear.

Did the Armed Forces make a good choice? Well, I hope so. The M1911 isn’t the best gun for a beginner. In an absolute sense, the M9 is probably safer at ready than an M1911, although, in the hands of a trained person, the 1911 is perfectly safe. The additional rounds might also be an advantage to the nominally trained soldier or law enforcement officer possessed of marginal marksmanship. Which one do I like the best? The M1911, of course.

Star Model SS .380 ACP pistol is based on the classic M1911.
Made in Spain using all steel construction, this one features the durable “Starvel” nickel finish.

In 1962 John Browning’s grandson re-designed the original Colt
Woodsman (c.1917) for easier manufacture.
The Nomad started Browning’s line of .22LR pistols that includes the Challenger and today’s Buckmark.
While alloy-framed models were available, this one is steel.