Schwarzlose Model 1908
Type	Semi-Automatic Pistol
Place of origin	German Empire
Production history
Designer	Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose
Designed	1908
Produced	1908–1911
Specifications
Mass	530 g
Length	142 mm
Barrel length	105 mm
Caliber	7.65mm Browning
Action	Blow-forward
Muzzle velocity	305 m/s
Feed system	6-round detachable box magazine
Sights	Iron

The Schwarzlose Model 1908 was a semi-automatic pistol, designed by Andreas Schwarzlose, released in 1908 in the German Empire and produced until 1911.^[1]

Operation

The Schwarzlose employs a very distinctive "blow-forward action" operating mechanism. It has no slide, instead the mechanism is operated by the barrel being projected forward due to the gas pressure and the friction of the bullet passing through the bore, the compressed recoil spring drives the barrel back, stripping the top cartridge from the magazine, chambering the round, and pressing the cartridge head against the standing breech, which is part of the frame.^[2]