This is borne out by the fact that one observed specimen, dated 1911, bears the serial No. It appears that only a comparatively small number of these commercial specimens were made. In this original commercial form of the pistol the rear sight is a separate block dovetailed into the sight box at the rear of the slide. This mark appears on the left side of the slide. 1 and the pistols were marked with the official government proof mark used for pistols made for commercial use. The first version of this arm established the official nomenclature, the inscription on the left side reading OESTERR. Actual designing seems to have begun in 1910, production in 1911, and distribution in 1912. Steyr-Hammer) was used to distinguish it from the Steyr-Roth pistol which did not have a hammer. recoil-operated, rotating barrel (60°), was designed, patented and manufactured by the Oesterreichische Waffenfabriks Gesellschaft at Steyr, Austria (Figs.
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