The Frommer Stop is a Hungarian long-recoil, rotating bolt

pistol A pistol is a handgun, more specifically one with the chamber integral to its gun barrel, though in common usage the two terms are often used interchangeably. The English word was introduced in , when early handguns were produced in Europe, a ...

manufactured by Fémáru, Fegyver és Gépgyár ( FÉG) (Metalware, Weapons and Machine Factory) in

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. It was designed by

Rudolf Frommer Rudolf Frommer (fegyverneki Frommer Rudolf; 4 August 1868 – 1 September 1936) was a Hungarian weapon designer. He was raised to the Hungarian nobility with the pre-name 'fegyverneki' by Franz Joseph I for his achievements in weapons design. ...

, and its original design was adopted as the Pisztoly 12M in 1912, created for the

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. The handgun was manufactured in various forms from 1912 to 1945 and used in the

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as well as, during the

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, by the

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in limited quantities. The Stop is long with a 4-groove rifled barrel. Unloaded weight is , and the detachable

box magazine A magazine is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral within the gun (internal/fixed magazine) or externally attached (detachable magazine). The magazine functions by holding several cartridges withi ...

holds seven rounds. The Stop incorporated design features of earlier Frommer pistols including the Model 1901 (M1901) and M1904 derived from the

Roth–Theodorovic pistol Roth–Theodorovic pistols were a series of prototypes sometimes identified with model years including 1895, 1897 and 1898. These long-recoil, locked-breech, single or double-action semi-automatic pistols were designed by Austrian inventor Wasa T ...

. The predecessor to the M1911, the Stop pistol was chambered in a proprietary 7.65mm (.32-caliber) cartridge having a crimp in the casing at the base of the bullet. This round achieved a velocity of from the gun. Frommer redesigned the pistol with a more conventional layout. Patented in 1912, this variant was produced from 1919 to 1939, under the name Pisztoly 19M. It was adopted as the official sidearm of the

. The last variant of the Stop, the Pisztoly 39M, was produced in 9mm Kurz (.380 ACP); however it was never adopted as a service pistol.

As a double-barrel machine gun

The ''Frommer M1917 Stop'' pistol was also used in a dual mounted tripod that fired both pistols in full automatic. The pistols were inserted upside down and fed from 25-round box magazines.

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Frommer double barrel machine gun

Frommer M.17 palm fired pistol
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As a double-barrel machine gun

See also

Underbarrel pistols

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