https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Semmerling_LM-4 2026-05-28T06:29:45Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1167797&oldid=prev 2018-03-13T01:55:34Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:55, 13 March 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the designer, Philip Lichtman (LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs, initially inspired by the [[Pieper Bayard 1908]] pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics. The shift to .45 ACP appears to have been the result of a desire to make the LM-4 less of a &quot;mouse gun&quot; than prior iterations.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the designer, Philip Lichtman (LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs, initially inspired by the [[Pieper Bayard 1908]] pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics. The shift to .45 ACP appears to have been the result of a desire to make the LM-4 less of a &quot;mouse gun&quot; than prior iterations.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lichtman held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the type </del>used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lichtman held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an alloy normally </ins>used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rather like the British [[Welrod Pistol]], it is unclear who used the LM-4 or when due to the covert nature of the weapon. It is known that some of the examples on display at the NRA National Firearm Museum are a variant with a threaded barrel: their collection also includes the Semmerling XLM, an experimental blow-forward semi-automatic variant of the LM-4 and one of the smallest semi-automatic .45 ACP pistols ever produced.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rather like the British [[Welrod Pistol]], it is unclear who used the LM-4 or when due to the covert nature of the weapon. It is known that some of the examples on display at the NRA National Firearm Museum are a variant with a threaded barrel: their collection also includes the Semmerling XLM, an experimental blow-forward semi-automatic variant of the LM-4 and one of the smallest semi-automatic .45 ACP pistols ever produced.</div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1145775&oldid=prev 2017-12-12T07:38:50Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Specifications</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:38, 12 December 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l21">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Length:''' 93.98 mm (3.7&quot;)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Length:''' 93.98 mm (3.7&quot;)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Width:''' less than 25.4 mm (1") <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>21.59 mm (0.85") with "thin kit"</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Width:''' less than 25.4 mm (1")<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>21.59 mm (0.85") with "thin kit" <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">grip set</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Capacity:''' 4+1 round magazine</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Capacity:''' 4+1 round magazine</div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1145774&oldid=prev 2017-12-12T07:34:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:34, 12 December 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Semmerling LM-4''' is a magazine-fed, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the US Army, government agencies and law enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws, springs and grip panels. The rather unique action fires from a static, fully-locked breech and ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Semmerling LM-4''' is a magazine-fed, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the US Army, government agencies and law enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws, springs and grip panels. The rather unique action fires from a static, fully-locked breech and ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the designer, Philip Lichtman (LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs, initially inspired by the [[Pieper Bayard 1908]] pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the designer, Philip Lichtman (LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs, initially inspired by the [[Pieper Bayard 1908]] pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The shift to .45 ACP appears to have been the result of a desire to make the LM-4 less of a "mouse gun" than prior iterations</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lichtman held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lichtman held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1145772&oldid=prev 2017-12-12T07:28:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:28, 12 December 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Semmerling LM-4''' is a magazine-fed, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the US Army, government agencies and law enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws, springs and grip panels. The rather unique action ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Semmerling LM-4''' is a magazine-fed, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the US Army, government agencies and law enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws, springs and grip panels. The rather unique action <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fires from a static, fully-locked breech and </ins>ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the designer, Philip Lichtman (LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs, initially inspired by the [[Pieper Bayard 1908]] pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the designer, Philip Lichtman (LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs, initially inspired by the [[Pieper Bayard 1908]] pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l25">Line 25:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Capacity:''' 4+1 round magazine</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Capacity:''' 4+1 round magazine</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Fire Modes:''' manual-repeating <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Double </del>action</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Fire Modes:''' manual-repeating <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">double </ins>action</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>----</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>----</div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1133192&oldid=prev 2017-10-17T03:58:42Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:58, 17 October 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Semmerling LM-4''' is a magazine-fed, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the US Army, government agencies and law enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws, springs and grip panels. The rather unique action ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Semmerling LM-4''' is a magazine-fed, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the US Army, government agencies and law enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws, springs and grip panels. The rather unique action ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the designer, Philip Lichtman (LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs, initially inspired by the Pieper Bayard pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the designer, Philip Lichtman (LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs, initially inspired by the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Pieper Bayard <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1908]] </ins>pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lichtman held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lichtman held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1133154&oldid=prev 2017-10-17T01:44:17Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:44, 17 October 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lichtman held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lichtman held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rather like the British [[Welrod]], it is unclear who used the LM-4 or when due to the covert nature of the weapon. It is known that some of the examples on display at the NRA National Firearm Museum are a variant with a threaded barrel: their collection also includes the Semmerling XLM, an experimental blow-forward semi-automatic variant of the LM-4 and one of the smallest semi-automatic .45 ACP pistols ever produced.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rather like the British [[Welrod <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Pistol</ins>]], it is unclear who used the LM-4 or when due to the covert nature of the weapon. It is known that some of the examples on display at the NRA National Firearm Museum are a variant with a threaded barrel: their collection also includes the Semmerling XLM, an experimental blow-forward semi-automatic variant of the LM-4 and one of the smallest semi-automatic .45 ACP pistols ever produced.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1133153&oldid=prev 2017-10-17T01:44:01Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:44, 17 October 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Semmerling <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LM4 </del>is a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">five shot</del>, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">U.S. </del>Army and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Law Enforcement </del>as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws, springs and grip panels. The rather unique action ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>Semmerling <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LM-4''' </ins>is a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">magazine-fed</ins>, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">US </ins>Army<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, government agencies </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">law enforcement </ins>as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws, springs and grip panels. The rather unique action ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The designer, Philip Lichtman, held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LM-4 was the culmination of a series of attempts by the </ins>designer, Philip Lichtman <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(LM standing for his surname), to build an ultra-compact, effective pistol: the LM-1 to LM-3 were essentially dry runs</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">initially inspired by the Pieper Bayard pocket pistol. The LM-1 and LM-2 were chambered for .380 ACP, while the LM-3 was a 9mm: all three were semi-automatics.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lichtman </ins>held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rather like the British [[Welrod]], it is unclear who used the LM-4 or when due to the covert nature of the weapon. It is known that some of the examples on display at the NRA National Firearm Museum are a variant with a threaded barrel: their collection also includes the Semmerling XLM, an experimental blow-forward semi-automatic variant of the LM-4 and one of the smallest semi-automatic .45 ACP pistols ever produced</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1133148&oldid=prev 2017-10-17T00:50:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:50, 17 October 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Semmerling LM4 is a five shot, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the U.S. Army and Law Enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws. The rather unique action ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Semmerling LM4 is a five shot, manually-operated striker-fired double action pistol first manufactured in the late 1970s and offered to the U.S. Army and Law Enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 ACP round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, springs and grip panels</ins>. The rather unique action ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The designer, Philip Lichtman, held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The designer, Philip Lichtman, held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1133146&oldid=prev 2017-10-17T00:43:59Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:43, 17 October 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Semmerling LM4 is a five shot, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">manual repeating </del>double action pistol first manufactured in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">early 1980s </del>and offered to the U.S. Army and Law Enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acp </del>round. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Semmerling LM4 is a five shot, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">manually-operated striker-fired </ins>double action pistol first manufactured in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">late 1970s </ins>and offered to the U.S. Army and Law Enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ACP </ins>round. It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The rather unique action ejects when the slide is pushed forward rather than pulled back: this can easily be accomplished with the thumb of the shooter's off-hand, and it is even possible to operate the gun one-handed using the trigger finger.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The designer, Philip Lichtman, held several patents outside of firearms for precision surgical tools, and the construction of the pistol rather reflects this: each LM-4 was handmade from SAE S-7 hi-shock tool steel (of the type used to make drill bits and power hammer dies), magnafluxed during production, and sent to two different X-ray labs to test the soundness of the metal</ins>.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">???? </del>- <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">????</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1970s</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1980s (Semmerling Corp, ~600 produced for military and government only), 1990s-2003 (American Derringer replicas)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Type:''' Pistol</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Type:''' Pistol</div></td></tr> </table>

Evil Tim https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=Semmerling_LM-4&diff=1133141&oldid=prev 2017-10-17T00:27:31Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:27, 17 October 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:SemmerlingLM4 FlipSide.jpg ‎ |thumb|right|300px|Semmerling LM-4 (flip side) - .45 ACP]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Semmerling LM4 is a five shot, manual repeating double action pistol first manufactured in the early 1980s and offered to the U.S. Army and Law Enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 acp round.  It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Semmerling LM4 is a five shot, manual repeating double action pistol first manufactured in the early 1980s and offered to the U.S. Army and Law Enforcement as a small lightweight concealable platform that could fire the large .45 acp round.  It was designed to be handled by an experienced user in the dark, and it has no safety, decocker, or slide release<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: overall the weapon has just 33 parts, including screws</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td></tr> </table>

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