1909 Glisenti 9mm Pistol

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Lyle Wyatt said:

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Ahhhhh, the Glisenti, possibly the second ugliest handgun after the 1910 Frommer.....

Same here, love these old and bizarre pistols. Great collection, Herr Goltz!

Another awesome, rarely seen pistol from a time long past!

That is a new one on me! Kind of looks like a cross between a Nambu and a Lahti with a Luger barrel. Very cool!

What is the country of origin? Any interesting history that belongs to the pistol?

MikeInOr said:

That is a new one on me! Kind of looks like a cross between a Nambu and a Lahti with a Luger barrel. Very cool!

What is the country of origin? Any interesting that belongs to the pistol?

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Italian, pre WW1 attempt at a service auto. Used a low-powered 9mm catridge which was (unfortunately) interchangeable with the Luger round- resulting in some Kabooms and injuries.......
Was issued concurrently with the Bodeo revolver until both were superceded by the Beretta M34/35 series pistols, though examples were still in use at the end of WW2.

Hideous........ I love it.