Beretta 3032 Tomcat Inox - A Handy Pistol:.The firm sold all tooling and parts to Deutsche Werke AG, who continued to make the pistols until the mid 1940s. OVERALL LENGTH 6.5 LENGTH OF MAGAZINE 3.7 Designed in Belgium, this pistol was first made in 1920 by Heinrich Ortgies & Co. The Sporting Shooters Association NZ - and The Rea. 32ACP, 7 RD MAGAZINE, GRIPS or FIRING PIN.India's Defense Forces Rifle - & Our Choices:.The guns are striker fired - and the grip badge ( schutz-marke) is an intertwined " H O" for Heinrich Ortgies - who developed this 'blow-back action' gun during WWI while living in Liege, Belgium. That round button also doubles as the 'take-down' button - by holding it in while pulling the slide rearward & up to 'unhook' it from the frame. The grip safety is not like that on the 1911s - as it only works ' on-safe' when the pistol is cocked - and when disengaged by squeezing inwards it 'clicks' into the F ire position and stays there without needing to be squeezed any more - until the wee button is pushed-in to release it. The recoil-spring uses the barrel as a guide & the 'grips' or stocks are retained by a hidden spring-loaded internal latch. The grips are also original but have been embellished on each side by. Original blue rates around 99 with almost zero wear, though there are a few small areas on each side of the pistol with freckling. Originally called the Pocket Hammerless, it was designed by John Moses Browning during his tenure at Colt. 6/10/20 - This is a near-mint Ortgies pistol in original box with cleaning rod and original manual, the first such example we've encountered or offered. The Glock 17 is acclaimed as being a superbly efficient modern design - having only 33/35 parts.Įconomy of purpose - check-out how the striker-spring also powers the "grip-safety" - and the firing-pin also works as the ejector for the fired cases. 32 ACP pistols is and always will be the Colt Model 1903, a single-action semi-automatic pistol with a shrouded hammer. Pins and springs aplenty - but looking carefully you'll see that there were only 29 parts listed when these neat pistols were made back in 1919.