In 1906 the U.S. Army sent out notice that it would be conducting tests
to find the next service pistol. A number of arms manufacturers
responded by submitting their pistols for consideration. The automatic
pistols tested included the .45-caliber Luger, Colt, Savage, Bergmann,
Knoble, and Merill-White. I found pictures of all the automatics except
the Knoble which was reportedly rejected before testing even began.
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White-Merrill1907 Automatic Pistol/ Deemed Unreliable in Testing |
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Luger .45 1907 / Judgement was the Luger in .45 was too finicky about ammo. |
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Savage Model 1907 .45 was a close runner up to the Colt |
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Bergman Mars 1903 / 1908 Suffered FTF's From a light Hammer strike |
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Colt 1907 (1911), The Winner of Course |