Old Stumpy
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Which is why so many progressive military arms were often overlooked or shunned. Old school fogeys with power, set in their ways, who fear progress, and things they know nothing about.
If this were true, then the major powers would not have been so readily willing to adopt semi-automatic pistols such as the C96 Mauser of 1896, 7.63mm Luger of 1900, and the Roth Steyr of 1907. These European powers were firmly entrenched in revolver reliability, yet when they realized the superiority and practicality of these new and reliable pistols, many nations adopted them.
They did not, however, adopt pistols such as the Borchardt of 1892, the Mars pistol of 1897, and many other mechanical oddities, because they were simply not practical. Along with reliability and accuracy, a successful military and police sidearm must be a simple and compact design.