Borchardt C-93

The Borchardt C-93 pistol was designed by Hugo Borchardt (1844 1921) in 1893. Ludwig Loewe & Company of Berlin, Germany, a manufacturer of machine tools, produced the C-93, a semi-automatic pistol that he had invented based upon the Maxim toggle-lock principle. He also developed the 7.6525mm Borchardt cartridge around which the C-93 was built. The Borchardt C-93 was the first semi-automatic pistol to be made in appreciable numbers. The pistol used a toggle lock system, which meant that when the gun fired a two-piece arm rose and flexed as the gun recoiled, thus allowing the breech to unlock and release the empty cartridge case. Although it was accurate and rapid, the Borchardt pistol was expensive to produce and unwieldy to handle due to its almost vertical grip. Furthermore, its recoil was unexpectedly powerful. Georg Luger studied the Borchardt design and developed the Luger Parabellum pistol in the late 1890s. The cartridge used in Borchardt C-93 Pistol inspired the development of the cartridge used for the Mauser C96 pistol (7.6325mm Mauser); they have the same dimensions, but the 7.63 mm Mauser is too powerful to be used in a Borchard C-93.

Production history
Type Place of origin Designer Designed Manufacturer Cartridge Action Feed system Semi-automatic pistol Germany Hugo Borchardt 1893 Ludwig Loewe & Company 7.6525mm Borchardt toggle-lock 8-round detachable box magazine Sights Iron sights
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