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Ortgies Pocket Pistol
The Ortgies Pocket Pistols were produce after the end of World War I by Heinrich Ortgies in a small gun factory in Erfurt, Germany. The Ortgies were then made by a larger firearms manufacturer Deutsche Werken AG in Erfurt Germany in 1921. The pistol series was originally made in 7.65mm (.32 ACP) but in 1922 the 6.35mm (.25 ACP) was put into production followed by the 9mm Kurz (.380 ACP). The .32 pistol could be changed to .380 by just changing the barrel. The pistols were imported into the United States and sold by Stoger for $7 dollars. The production of the Ortgies pistol lasted from 1919 to 1924 and a toatl of 236,000 large frame pistols (.32 ACP) and 183,000 .25 ACP pistols were built.
Ortgies 6.35mm Pocket Pistol
- Caliber: 6.35x16mmSR
- Length: 5.27 inches
- Barrel Length: 2.71 inches
- Weight: 0.85 pounds
- Manufactured: 1922 to 1924
Ortgies 7.65mm Pocket Pistol
- Caliber: 7.65x17mmSR
- Length: 6.41 inches
- Barrel Length: 3.25 inches
- Weight: 1.32 pounds
- Manufactured: 1919 to 1924
The 7.65 Ortgies Pocket Pistol appears in the following movies, Stories, TV shows, and video games:
Short Stories
- A Perfect Day for Bananafish Written by J.D. Salinger and originally published in The New Yorker (1948)
Film
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)