"One shot" refers to the Browning M1900 pistol. The gun has a small pistol pattern above the grip guard and on the left side of the slide seat, so it is called the "Gun Brand Luzi". It was one of the earliest semi-automatic pistols to enter China. It was widely used before liberation and many were copied in China. Comrade Liu Zhidan, one of the founders of the Shaanxi C Base Area, used this pistol during the Eastern Expedition before his death.
"Er Horse" refers to the American Colt M1903 pistol. Colt literally means pony, so the company uses a leaping horse as its trademark. This mark is usually found on the pistol sleeves, grips, etc. it produces. This gun was also one of the more common foreign pistols in China before liberation. In addition to military use, it was mostly used as police equipment.
"Sanhuakou" refers to the Browning M1910 pistol. The front end of the muzzle cap of this gun is processed with a circle of knurling to prevent your fingers from slipping when removing the muzzle cap, so it is also called a "daisy mouth" pistol. The number of guns imported into China is much smaller than the first two, and its use is mainly limited to senior military officers and upper-class figures in society.
What is particularly admirable for future generations is that these three types of pistols were all produced by the prolific American firearms designer John Moses Browning, so the "Gun Brand Luzi" and "Huakou Luzi" "Pistols" are often collectively referred to as Browning (old translation "Browning") pistols. As for the "Continental Pistol", although it was also designed by Browning, because the Colt Company bought out the product patent, people generally still call it the Colt pistol.
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In addition, there is another more complicated saying developed from this, which is called "One gun, two horses, three flower mouths, four snakes" The five dogs opened their mouths and kicked." The following "snake, dog, open mouth and kick" may seem difficult to understand at first. In fact, they also refer to a small "luzi" pistol. Similar miscellaneous pistols were imported into China in large numbers through various channels before liberation.
"Snake" refers to the German Sauer pocket pistol. The trademark pattern on the grip guard has two artistic letters "S" stacked on top of each other, and is specially designed to look like a snake. shape. In the most exciting section of "Buying Medicine" in "Fire Gold and Steel", when the scout Xiao Fei accidentally caught the traitors He and his son on the road, he found a "Snake Brand Luzi" on He Zhiwu, who was the Japanese translator. ".
"Dog" is one of the masterpieces of Spanish pocket pistols, claiming to be "the best automatic pistol". The gun has a caliber of 6.35 mm and has a running dog pattern under the grip guard. In the 1920s and 1930s, Spain produced a large number of small and medium-caliber handguns of varying quality. A good one is Astra's "Mara" brand. But some are of poor quality and even use castings. The latter are often called "three pieces of iron" in China to describe their rough workmanship.
"Open mouth pedal" is sometimes misunderstood as "open mouth lamp", but actually refers to the German M1934 7.65mm pistol. The characteristic of this gun is that the front end of the slide is completely open, and the upper half of the barrel is exposed, making it look like an open "mouth" from the front. "Deng" describes the gun's crisp shell ejection. It adheres to the consistent characteristics of German firearms and has good processing quality. It is generally a sidearm for mid-to-high-level officers.
It is worth mentioning that the Browning series pistols also have some other nicknames, such as "Bayinzi", "Ten Sons", etc. Liu Hong in "Railway Guerrilla" had a "Ten Son Company" in his mind when he returned to Zaozhuang from the base area to prepare for the formation of the team. These names are also general terms, generally referring to Browning series pistols and domestic imitations. "Eight and Ten" all come from their ammunition capacity. Because the magazine capacity of these guns is generally 7 rounds, plus 1 round in the chamber, a gun can fire 8 rounds. In the early years, arsenals such as Shanghai, Hunan, and Gongxian produced or trial-produced an enlarged version of the Browning M1900. It used an extended barrel and a wooden holster, and the ammunition capacity was increased to 10 rounds, so it was called the "Ten Son Company" ".