#Ruby pistol value manuals#
#Ruby pistol value series#

32 ACP caliber, but some reports indicate. These are illustrated and discussed in some detail in the recent 'French Service Handguns' (Tommygun Books, Eugene Medlin and Jean Huon), which I have not seen, but should probably buy. There is also more compact 7-shot officers model which is very prized in French gun collection circles today. I am unclear in what quantities, but clearly significant numbers as there are specialized officers versions (with engraved slides), versions with and without the lanyard ring and so on. The reason for this extra confusion is that quantities of the Model 1914 were accepted for French military service. There is also a chance that although the descriptions of these two pistols are correct, that my designations are still incorrect, and the Model 1 Militar was a Mannlicher style pistol, while the Ruby style contract gun had some other designation. Though I had always thought the Model 1914 was simply a commercial version of the Model 1 Militar 'Ruby' pistols, I am informed by a reader who owns one, that its still a Mannlicher style in keeping with the previous year-model numbered Echeverria pistols. It seems to have varied only in that the breechblock is now machined integrallly with slide.īoth of the Number 2 variants were produced until 1909. Production of the second version of the No. This may have been to encourage caliber changes (simply changing the breechface and barrel could allow users to change calibers) but does not seem to have been carried thru. Bonifacio also added a removable breechblock. The hammer is hidden (or possibly a striker) and the magazine is of what we today consider the conventional style consisting of a steel box removable from the bottom.

Though I have no photos, this is reported to be a Mannlicher clone, almost completely, but there are differences. But I don't know for sure right now so do not quote me on that. I presume it to be a straight-up Mannlicher clone at least to get their feet wet. Though it may be only a number assigned to engineering drawings, Star did not later seem to do this, so I speculate it was actually manufactured, if not produced and sold. If there is a number 2, there has to be a number 1. I have never specifically heard of a Bonifacio Echeverria No.

#Ruby pistol value manuals#

There are, as yet, no manuals for any firearms from the Mannlicher-styled series.

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#Ruby pistol value series#

Partly to make the series relationships clearer, and partly to assist with speed and accuracy of updating, all manuals can be found in one place, the manuals page. However, in many cases there is a related manual. I do not have manuals for every pistol shown on this site. The company began using the Izarra ('star' in spanish) trade name irregularly until about 1920, when pistols with the Star trade name and logo began to appear. Please note that many of these early Star pistols were not all even called Stars. Please do not confuse the Izarra French contract pistols with the Model 1914 French service pistol, discussed below. They are addressed in detail on another page. The Izarra 'Ruby' styled French contract pistols are atypical of Echeverria pistols of this era. The safety was initially a lever on the right side which rotated about the right cocking serration panel when engaged, it somewhat obstructs the view across the sights, helping inform the user that the gun will not fire. The magazine release is a conventional button, of dog-bone configuration on the opposite side, but up almost to the slide on the left side rear of the trigger where the safety lever would later move for most vest-pocket pistols. The first Echeverria pistols of which I am aware already were not truly clones, but already showed some innovation in having a more conventional pistol grip, and being fed from a removable box magazine in the butt, unlike the Mannlichers which were loaded thru the top with strippers. Early Bonifacio Echeverria pistols (they would not be sold under the Star trade name for some years) were based on the Steyr-Mannlicher Models 1900, to include the 1905.