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Here post a bit of history of a rifle, calibers and a pic or two.
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9MM DESTROYER CARBINE
The Destroyer Carbine is a small bolt action carbine usually chambered for the 9 x 23 mm Largo cartridge. It was used by Spanish police and prison services, including the Guardia Civil from the mid-1930s until the late 1960s, replacing the El Tigre Rifle. It continued the tradition, started in the 1890s, of issuing police units with a short, handy, repeating carbine in pistol ammunition calibre.
It is essentially a scaled-down Model 1893 Mauser with two rear-mounted locking lugs and a Mauser-style two-position flip safety. The Destroyer fired the same ammunition as the standard-issue police handgun but used a 5-shot single stack magazine. The longer rifle barrel resulted in greater muzzle velocity, accuracy, and range.
The Destroyer was initially manufactured in Eibar, Spain by Gaztanaga y Compania, then by Ayra Duria S.A. and possibly others, with some minor improvements made over time.
Some people are using the carbine and rebarreling and chambering to the popular 9mm luger.
Some even put surpressors for subsonic work.
I will start with ....
9MM DESTROYER CARBINE
The Destroyer Carbine is a small bolt action carbine usually chambered for the 9 x 23 mm Largo cartridge. It was used by Spanish police and prison services, including the Guardia Civil from the mid-1930s until the late 1960s, replacing the El Tigre Rifle. It continued the tradition, started in the 1890s, of issuing police units with a short, handy, repeating carbine in pistol ammunition calibre.
It is essentially a scaled-down Model 1893 Mauser with two rear-mounted locking lugs and a Mauser-style two-position flip safety. The Destroyer fired the same ammunition as the standard-issue police handgun but used a 5-shot single stack magazine. The longer rifle barrel resulted in greater muzzle velocity, accuracy, and range.
The Destroyer was initially manufactured in Eibar, Spain by Gaztanaga y Compania, then by Ayra Duria S.A. and possibly others, with some minor improvements made over time.
Some people are using the carbine and rebarreling and chambering to the popular 9mm luger.
Some even put surpressors for subsonic work.
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