Frommer Stop
Encyclopedia
The Frommer Stop is a Hungarian
long-recoil pistol
manufactured by Fémáru-, Fegyver és Gépgyár (FÉG
) [Metalware, Weapons and Machine Factory] in Budapest
. It was designed by Rudolf Frommer
, and its original design was adopted as the Pisztoly 12M in 1912, created for the Honvédség. The handgun was manufactured in various forms from 1912-1945 and used in the Hungarian Armed Forces. The Stop is 165 millimetres (6.5 in) long with a 95 millimetres (3.7 in) 4-groove rifled barrel. Unloaded weight is 610 g (21.5 oz) and the detachable box magazine holds 7 rounds.
The predecessor to the Stop pistol, the M1910, was chambered in a proprietary 7.65mm (.32 ACP)
cartridge having a crimp in the casing at the base of the bullet. This round achieved a velocity of 920 feet per second (280.4 m/s) 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 Hungarian Armed Forces. 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.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
long-recoil pistol
Pistol
When distinguished as a subset of handguns, a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel, as opposed to a revolver, wherein the chamber is separate from the barrel as a revolving cylinder. Typically, pistols have an effective range of about 100 feet.-History:The pistol...
manufactured by Fémáru-, Fegyver és Gépgyár (FÉG
FEG
FÉG stands for Fegyver És Gépgyár, which could be translated as "Arms and Machine Factory". It comes from the Hungarian "Fegyver- és Gépgyártó Részvénytársaság"...
) [Metalware, Weapons and Machine Factory] in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. It was designed by Rudolf Frommer
Rudolf Frommer
Rudolf Frommer 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. He had over 100 patents, among them was the Frommer Stop and the 37M....
, and its original design was adopted as the Pisztoly 12M in 1912, created for the Honvédség. The handgun was manufactured in various forms from 1912-1945 and used in the Hungarian Armed Forces. The Stop is 165 millimetres (6.5 in) long with a 95 millimetres (3.7 in) 4-groove rifled barrel. Unloaded weight is 610 g (21.5 oz) and the detachable box magazine holds 7 rounds.
The predecessor to the Stop pistol, the M1910, was chambered in a proprietary 7.65mm (.32 ACP)
.32 ACP
.32 ACP , also known as the .32 Automatic is a pistol cartridge. It is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, initially for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pistol...
cartridge having a crimp in the casing at the base of the bullet. This round achieved a velocity of 920 feet per second (280.4 m/s) 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 Hungarian Armed Forces. 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.