Welcome to in the present day’s Photo of the Day! Here we’ve a extremely crude answer to a small arms scarcity in World War One. This is the German Jager pistol chambered for 32 ACP. It is a straight blowback operated pistol and sports activities some options akin to that of the FN 1900. The sights are shallow and the triggers are mentioned to be fairly squishy. The security is odd in that when within the “safe” place it sticks approach out the again of the pistol. These had been made in small numbers from 1914 till 1917 making them very scarce.
“Manufactured from 1914 to 1917. The Jager pistol combined traditional machined, forged components with stamped sheet metal and was designed with simplicity of production as one of the primary concerns. Submitted for testing by the German High Command, the pistol was ultimately rejected by the army despite at the time showing itself to be both accurate and reliable. Fixed blade and notch sights, standard markings on the right side of the frame, stacked “crown/N” proofs on the proper aspect of the barrel and body, matching seen serial numbers together with the journal, and checkered grips.”
Lot 3457: Jager Waffenfabik – Jager – Scarce Jager Waffenfabrik Jager Semi-Automatic Pistol. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/75/3457/jager-waffenfabik–jager.
