Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this amazing semi-automatic pistol today for a penny start auction, this is the Dreyse Vest Pocket Type II!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Dreyse
Model: Vest Pocket Type II
Serial: 35543
Caliber: 6.35mm (.25 ACP)
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 2 1/4"
Optics/Sights: Fixed ramp front with Fixed V-notch rear
Stock/Grips: Black checkered grips with RMF monograms
Action: Semi-Auto
Markings: Standard / The barrel, slide, and frame are stamped with the German crown over N proof for nitro (smokeless) powder.
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Model: Vest Pocket Type II
Serial: 35543
Caliber: 6.35mm (.25 ACP)
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 2 1/4"
Optics/Sights: Fixed ramp front with Fixed V-notch rear
Stock/Grips: Black checkered grips with RMF monograms
Action: Semi-Auto
Markings: Standard / The barrel, slide, and frame are stamped with the German crown over N proof for nitro (smokeless) powder.
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
After 1901, the Dreyse company was owned by the Rheinische Metallwaaren & Maschinenfabrik company (RM&M, later known as Rheinmetall), located in the town of Sömmerda in Thuringia, Germany. RM&M used the Dreyse name for their small arms. Accurate information about Louis Schmeisser is difficult to come by, but F.W.A. Hobart states that he became the chief designer for RM&M in 1902, which would be about right since his last pistol for Bergmann (the Bergmann Mars) was designed in 1901. By 1906 Schmeisser had designed the 7.65mm Dreyse pistol for RM&M, by 1908 he had designed the 6.35mm Dreyse Vest Pocket pistol, and by 1909 or 1910 he had designed the 9mm Parabellum Dreyse pistol.
The Dreyse Vest Pocket pistol was patented in Great Britain in 1910 (British patent 1910-20660) by Louis Schmeisser. The British patent states that a German patent had been applied for on 8 September 1909. The British patent covers only the method of barrel retention and of dismantling the gun: “The present invention relates to improvements ... which ... have as their object to provide a fire-arm ... in which the parts which must be dismounted in order to clean the fire-arm thoroughly can be easily mounted and dismounted by hand. For this purpose, a sliding or otherwise movable locking bar is provided at the upper part of the firearm, which enables the barrel to be easily secured or dismounted.” The patent drawings do not show the lockwork of the gun but give details of the barrel, slide, recoil spring, and locking bar.
Production of the Dreyse Vest Pocket may have begun late in 1909 after the German patent was filed. Hogg states that it was “introduced shortly after the 7.65mm gun...,” but doesn’t give a specific date. Matthews states that the Dreyse 6.35mm pistol was designed in 1908 but “...probably was not offered commercially until 1909 (or possibly 1910), as the patent situation was not cleared up until 1910.” Both guns appear in the ALFA catalog of 1911, which must have been in preparation as early as 1910. The Deutsche Waffenfabrik Georg Knaak catalog of 1910 does not picture the Dreyse Vest Pocket but does list a seven-shot 6.35mm Dreyse. It may be that the gun was so new when the catalog was in preparation that no image of it was available. Production ended with World War I, though guns continued to be sold from stock until well after the war.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Production of the Dreyse Vest Pocket may have begun late in 1909 after the German patent was filed. Hogg states that it was “introduced shortly after the 7.65mm gun...,” but doesn’t give a specific date. Matthews states that the Dreyse 6.35mm pistol was designed in 1908 but “...probably was not offered commercially until 1909 (or possibly 1910), as the patent situation was not cleared up until 1910.” Both guns appear in the ALFA catalog of 1911, which must have been in preparation as early as 1910. The Deutsche Waffenfabrik Georg Knaak catalog of 1910 does not picture the Dreyse Vest Pocket but does list a seven-shot 6.35mm Dreyse. It may be that the gun was so new when the catalog was in preparation that no image of it was available. Production ended with World War I, though guns continued to be sold from stock until well after the war.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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