Schwarzlose Model 1898
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Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose
Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose was a German firearm designer who designed the following weapons:*Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 machine gun *Schwarzlose Model 1898 semi-automatic pistol...
. It was chambered for cartridges such as the 7.65x25mm Borchardt
7.65x25mm Borchardt
The 7.65×25mm Borchardt cartridge was designed by Hugo Borchardt. It was the ammunition of the Borchardt C-93 pistol. This cartridge provided the basis for the 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge, which has similar dimensions but a stronger powder charge...
and 7.63x25mm Mauser.
The Schwarzlose design was advanced for its time, but not widely adopted. Small lots were sold to the Boers during the Boer War
Boer War
The Boer Wars were two wars fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Oranje Vrijstaat and the Republiek van Transvaal ....
. Another lot was sold to members of the Russian Social-Democratic Party who were plotting insurrection, but were confiscated at the Russian border and issued to the Imperial Russian Frontier Guards.