What was the first-ever semiautomatic pistol? Unless you’re a super hardcore firearms history buff, your first instinct might be to answer with either the German-made C-93 Borchardt, which was ...

Reportedly, the pistol had a maximum firing range of 40 meters (131 feet); by contrast, a modern semiauto military pistol such as the 9mm Beretta M9 has a maximum effective range of 50 meters (164 ...