Smallest .45 ever produced!

[45collector]

I saw this post on 1911forum. It looks to be of similar size of the "liberator", which was only a single shot. I'm going to have to research this one!

"For those of you that have not had a chance to visit either the National Firearms Museum or the Cody Firearms Museum, here is a shot of the smallest .45 auto ever produced.

If you had asked just a year ago if this model existed, you would have been told that nobody knows....that it was a rumor. Well folks, here is a shot of the Semmerling XLM, a factory produced, Army Secret Service Government Contract marvel of a pistol. This pistol is, without a doubt, the smallest .45 auto (that is right, not a manual LM4) ever produced. It employed an ingenious "strip forward" technique that used the friction of the bullet going down the barrel to activate the slide. All were provided with suppressor barrels and slide lock-outs for completely silent operation.

It was a BEAST to fire..a handful of BANG!"

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e309/DAMNYANKEE2006/werr.jpg

 

[95blklsc]

Very cool! How many rounds does it hold?? How in hell did you run across this?

 

[45collector]

Don't know how many rounds it holds. I'm a member of 1911forum and I cruise that site once in a while. Funny though, I've been a member of that site twice as long as I've been a member of this one, yet I've got twice as many posts on this one that I do on that one!!

 

[Hoppy]

ohhh fancy never seen that

 

[MassMark]

Group buy?

 

[Hoppy]

Group buy?

for some reason i bet its not on the roster haha . though maybe we can get it classified C&R!

 

[stoneypete]

Group buy?

I'd get my C&R if we had a source for these.

 

[vellnueve]

I'd rather have a Liberator.

 

[45collector]

I'd get my C&R if we had a source for these.

Pete you don't have a C&R??!! I'm appalled!

I'd rather have a Liberator.

+1. The history behind the Liberator is fascinating. You can still find them in fair shape for a couple grand.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=115232499

 

[stoneypete]

Pete you don't have a C&R??!! I'm appalled!

Fear is the reason I don't have one yet. I have SDA and GAS. A C&R would bankrupt me.

 

[theGringo]

Even if it's only a single-shot, if it is manufactured cheaply, in sufficient number, and is widely distributed ... it will win any war that is to come.

 

[highlander]

Back in the 70s early 80's there was a 45 auto made here in Ma that wasn't much bigger than the Secamp but for the life of me I can't remember the company's name. I do remember that it was ridiculously expensive and not really a semi auto you had to hand cycle the pistol and it was 5 or 6 shot IIRC.

 

[Chris]

Simmerling?

 

[highlander]

That's the one,thank you

 

[Gammon]

I believe this psitol is a "Semmerling". It holds four rounds and the slide must be manually operated after each shot. If I'm not mistaken the slide is moved foreward rather than to the rear to cycle the pistol.

 

[Cross-X]

Fear is the reason I don't have one yet (C&R). I have SDA and GAS. A C&R would bankrupt me.

OK, I'll bite - what's an SDA and a GAS?

 

[stoneypete]

OK, I'll bite - what's an SDA and a GAS?

Senseless Desire to Aquire.

Gun Aquisition Syndrom.

 

[45collector]

Senseless Desire to Aquire.

Gun Aquisition Syndrom.

Aw c'mon Pete. We all have those!

 

[stoneypete]

Aw c'mon Pete. We all have those!

All too true.

 

[BillO]

AMT made a 45 auto just about the same size, called the "backup".

http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Firearms/Auto-Pistols/AMT_45_Backup.htm

 

[PaulD]

I believe this psitol is a "Semmerling". It holds four rounds and the slide must be manually operated after each shot. If I'm not mistaken the slide is moved foreward rather than to the rear to cycle the pistol.

You are correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semmerling

They are well outside my financial willingness.