The Simplex was a refinement of Theodore Bergmann’s early pistol designs. It was chambered in an 8mm cartridge, and several thousand were manufactured prior to World War I.
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Photos of a Bergmann Simplex (click to download high-resolution copies)





cool i’ve been looking for information on this pistol thanks! early semi auto pistols have got to be one of my favorite firearm topics
I have collected factory numbers on this pistol. It looks like les than 4000 was made the first mrntion of it is from 1899, but it is most frekvently called model 1901.
It is reported that both spanish, an belgian copyes was made, but I never saw one