hi guys thanks for tuning in to another
video on Forgotten weapons calm imean
I'm here today at the Rock Island
auction house I'm checking out some of
the cool guns that they're selling in
their September 2015 Premier auction and
I have in this little tiny leather case
a little tiny pistol isn't that cute
this is a 4.25 millimetre men's Lilliput
and men's as em en Z now mens made these
in 4.25 which is tiny
that's like 17 caliber they also made
them in 25 Auto and 32 Auto not
surprisingly those two were far better
sellers than this incredibly minut
little thing it's not quite the smallest
handgun ever made but it's pretty close
it's probably the smallest than anyone
actually took seriously so why don't I
bring the camera back here because I bet
you can't even hardly see this thing
from way back out there alright you
probably actually still can't see this
thing because it's really tiny and go
ahead and zoom in zoom a little more
there we go now you can actually see
this thing so this is our little leather
probably frankly purse or pocket holster
snap-on it fits the gun very nicely and
then this is our actual gun itself these
were actual serious guns meant for
personal protection barely like I said
not a whole lot of them were sold in the
4.25 millimeter caliber this one is
serial number 690 I am not sure if this
the different calibers have their own
serial number ranges I suspect they're
actually a single consecutive range you
will see a lot of sources claiming that
these guns were manufactured from 1920
to 1927 I actually suspect they probably
went into production in 25 everyone you
find is marked either model 1925 or
model 1927 and I've yet to find any
reference to one that was actually
produced earlier not a whole lot else to
say about these they are a simple
blowback pistol we have a detachable
magazine down here
holds eight rounds and the ballistics on
this were a 12 to 15 grain projectile
going about 800 feet per second so that
gives you a grand total of 17
foot-pounds of energy which is miniscule
in comparison to anything else but well
it's something I suppose disassembly is
also very easy we have a little
protruding button II bit back here push
that in and we can pull the slide up
slide comes off as our slide our recoil
spring and its guide come out and then
we have a frame this is a striker-fired
pistol so when I pull the trigger unless
I have the safety on take a safety off
when I pull the trigger you can see all
it does is simply pull this sear down
which would release the striker and fire
the gun here inside you can see the
striker and the firing pin right there
and then we have little tiny extractor
up top this has all the components of a
blowback automatic pistol just a lot
smaller than you're used to seeing them
there we go
well thanks for watching I hope you guys
enjoyed the video despite it being a gun
so small you can't even see it from back
there if you'd like to own this I'll
tell you what this takes very little
storage space in a collection it is of
course coming up for sale at Rock Island
so check the link in the description
text below that'll take you to their
catalogue page on it you can see all
their pictures their description and
place a bit or come on down here in
person and bid bid live now thanks for
watching hope you enjoyed the video