Here's one you don't see every day. I picked it up about 2 years ago when it popped up on a dealer site.
The 1910 Bergmann-Bayard was made by Pieper in Belgium, licensing the design from Bergmann (as we mentioned elsewhere here, Bayard was a brand owned by Pieper). The Danish signed a contract with Pieper and most of these you'll run into were part of the Danish order. When Germany seized the Belgian factories during their invasion, Pieper continued production of the Bergmann-Bayard for German use. The German ones documented seem to be in the 15-16k SN range. They generally were not accepted in the traditional sense (no crowned letters or eagle fireproof like the Pieper 1908s), but some had a wonky apple-looking proof on them. This one has no proofs, but fortunately enough, has a wartime German unit marking that I am fairly certain represents Pioneer Battalion, IV Armee Korps. The German issued ones remained in the 9mm Bergmann (aka 9mm Largo) round, rather than 9mm Parabellum.
This model is bulky, cumbersome and not really all that pleasant to shoot. Size-wise, it's like a squat and bulky c96 and sort of feels that way in your hand (though I'd take a c96 any day over this) Loading is accomplished through a stripper clip.
The 1910 Bergmann-Bayard was made by Pieper in Belgium, licensing the design from Bergmann (as we mentioned elsewhere here, Bayard was a brand owned by Pieper). The Danish signed a contract with Pieper and most of these you'll run into were part of the Danish order. When Germany seized the Belgian factories during their invasion, Pieper continued production of the Bergmann-Bayard for German use. The German ones documented seem to be in the 15-16k SN range. They generally were not accepted in the traditional sense (no crowned letters or eagle fireproof like the Pieper 1908s), but some had a wonky apple-looking proof on them. This one has no proofs, but fortunately enough, has a wartime German unit marking that I am fairly certain represents Pioneer Battalion, IV Armee Korps. The German issued ones remained in the 9mm Bergmann (aka 9mm Largo) round, rather than 9mm Parabellum.
This model is bulky, cumbersome and not really all that pleasant to shoot. Size-wise, it's like a squat and bulky c96 and sort of feels that way in your hand (though I'd take a c96 any day over this) Loading is accomplished through a stripper clip.
