Bayard pistol 1908 explained

Field dismounting of the Bayard 1908 pistol

Advanced dismounting of the slide

- Dismounting of the extractor

- Dismounting of the firing pin plug

- Dismounting of the firing pin

Advanced dismounting of the frame (I)

- Dismounting of the trigger assembly

- Dismounting of the trigger connector

- Dismounting the rest pin

- Dismounting the automatic safety

- Correct positioning of the automatic safety return spring

Advanced dismounting of the frame (II)

- Dismounting of the hammer and main spring

- Dismounting the main spring plunger

- Hammer reinstalling tip

- Dismounting of the sear

- Dismounting of the manual safety

Advanced dismounting of the frame (III)

- Dismounting of the magazine catch

- Possible dismounting of the safety index spring

- Dismounting the recoil buffer components

- Possible dismounting of the rear grip strap

- Dismounting of the magazine

- Cutaway view of the pistol

- Parts legend

Functioning of the Bayard 1908 pocket pistol (I)

- Chambering of a cartridge

- Lower edge of the breech face

- Lowering of the hammer by the breechblock

- Breech face pushing the cartridge out of the magazine

- Feeding ramp

- Cartridge groove under the extractor claw

- How the slide is retained on the frame

Functioning of the Bayard 1908 pocket pistol (II)

- Functioning of the trigger mechanism

- Connector and disconnector functioning

- Recoil of blowback type

- Early stage of the recoil

- Full recoil and ejection of the cartridge case

- Recoil buffer functioning

The safeties of the Bayard 1908 pocket pistol

- The automatic safety explained

- The manual safety explained

- Safety lever used as cocking indicator

Markings on the Bayard 1908 pocket pistol

- The serial number

- The Belgian proof markings

- The German military proof markings

- Markings relating to the producer

- Markings relating to the caliber

The different models of the Bayard 1908 pocket pistol

- Early models with safety lever guiding rib

- Magazine of early type

- Early models without safety lever guiding rib

- 1914 Pieper catalogue

- Early buffer components

- Early trigger connector attachment

- Later post-1914 models

- Particularities of the 6.35mm model

- Luxury models

Headlines of Pieper firm and production (I)

- Henri Pieper the firm founder

- ETABLISSEMENTS PIEPER

- LES ANCIENS ETABLISSEMENTS PIEPER

- Commercial catalogue of 1914

- Shotgun production

- Shotgun action casing and lock

- Shotgun models with external hammers

- Replacement parts of the hammer shotguns

Headlines of Pieper firm and production (II)

- Hammerless shotgun models

- Replacement parts of the hammerless shotguns

- Semi-automatic carbines Model 1912 in .22 caliber

- Replacement parts of the semi-automatic carbine

- Semi-automatic pistol in .22 caliber

- Bergmann Bayard semi-automatic pistol in 9mm caliber

- Pieper Bayard Model 1923

- Actionless shotgun

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