History:
This was an in 1909 patented .25 automatic pistol. The patent (brit. pat. 20277/1909) was written to the name of the company. The name of the inventor is unknown.
In the USA the same pistol was sold with the name "Centaure".
The construction of the pistol is very interesting as it was with no doubt the first "telescope-action", a construction which appeared in 1944-1945 at machine-guns an was celebrated at that time as big progress of gun-development. Anyhow it was unusual for pocket-pistols. It seems the unknown inventor just was looking for some new solution in order to prevent problems with other patents.
It is unnown, how many of these pistols have been produced, but it seems they must not have been too many as the production was very difficult.
Technical Datas:
SYSTEM: self-cocking pistol with mass system and internal hammer
CARTRIDGES : 6 (7)
CALIBRE : .25 ACP
BARREL LENGTH : 58 mm, 4 grooves turning right
WEIGHT EMPTY : 415 g
TOTAL LENGTH : 119 mm
TOTAL HEIGHT : 81 mm
TOTAL WIDTH : 22.5 mm
TRIGGER : Single Action
SIGHT : fix
SAFETY : lever
FINISH : browned
GRIPS : hard rubber