During WWI France was desperate to arm its military with sidearms. In the North of Spain, near and around Eibar the Spanish small arms industry worked overtime to make what has become known as a “Ruby” style pistol. Chambered in 7.65mm (aka .32 acp) the French Military bought them by the bushel basket! This one, marked “Destroyer” has two markers that point to its service with the French Army - one, a lanyard loop, and two, a round steel button on the left side of the slide to prevent the manual safety from disengaging when holstered. I need to work on tuning the magazine to reliably shoot it; mechanically it fieldstrips like the Browning 1903 the Colt clones...
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