Ruby Pistol
The self-loading Ruby pistol is best known as a French World War I sidearm, the Pistolet Automatique de 7 millim.65 genre "Ruby". A very international piece of weaponry, it was closely modeled after the American John Browning's M1903 made by the Belgian Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, and was produced by over 50 Spanish companies, but primarily by the spanish Gabilondo y Urresti firm (the official "Gabilondo Ruby").
Read more about Ruby Pistol: Gabilondo and The Ruby, Ruby-type Pistols By Other Makers, Advantages and Disadvantages, Influence of The Ruby, Users, List of Ruby-type Manufacturers, See Also, Bibliography
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