Schwarzlose 1908 Blow Forward Pistol

We previously got to take a look at a HinoKomuro, a Japanese blowforward automatic pistol dating from 1908 and today we have another blowforward from 1908. Andreas Schwarzlose (best known for his 1907 and 07, 12 machine guns) designed this pistol for military and civilian use, and it saw minor commercial success. The blowforward action was pretty much a developmental dead end, because it made for unusually sharp recoil and was potentially unsafe to handle the only three commercially available pistols made this way were the Hino, the Schwarzlose, and the Mannlicher 1894 (which was quickly replaced by better Mannlicher designs). The Swiss did tinker a bit with a blowforward action in their AK52, 53 rifle as well, but this ultimately went nowhere. Anyway, stick around and have a look at how the 1908 Schwarzlose operates, disassembles, and shoots