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Technical Specifications:

PSA-2S Pistol (aka: the "Baby Browning Pistol")

First year of production:  1931, Herstal, Belgium

Mechanism: Single action, semi-automatic, self-loading, blow-back

Frame/Slide Construction: Computer numeric controlled (CNC) machined from billet 

Frame Materials:  8620 carbon steel or 303 stainless steel or 7075 T652 drop forged aluminum, depending on model

Slide Materials:  8620 carbon steel or 303 stainless steel, depending on model

Firing Mechanism:  Heat treated, mild steel or Grade 5 titanium center fire striker attached to tempered spring and cocking indicator mechanism

Trigger:  black nylon impregnated polymer or heat treated mild steel; smooth faced, single stage draw bar; pull weight 2.381 kilograms

Safeties:  (1) left side, frame mounted, thumb activated, swivel mechanism which locks slide, (2) automatic magazine disconnect device which inactivates trigger, (3) spring loaded cocking indicator mechanism evidenced by extruding metal pin at rear of pistol

Ammunition Capacity: 6 in magazine; 1 chambered. 7 total

Magazine: 6 shot, steel construction, rounded follower, tempered spring fed

Barrel: Swiss machine turned, extruded 416 stainless steel (Inox); 54.102mm long; 6 lands and grooves; right-hand twisted; radius of 89.916 mm

Grips:  Checkered nylon impregnated black polymer or checkered 7075 T652 aluminum or smooth faced natural materials such as hardwood, ivory or carbon fiber, depending on model

Length of Pistol:  104.14 mm

Width of Pistol:  22.352 mm

Height of Pistol:  73.152 mm

Unloaded Weight of Pistol: Steel models:  0.274 kilograms. Stainless steel models: 0.281 kilograms.  Aluminum frame models:  0.205 kilograms

Ammunition: 6,35mm (.25 caliber)

Ammunition Velocity:  237.74 - 509.01 meters per second; energy in Joules: 85.41 to 169.47, depending on brand
of ammunition utilized

Revised 06/24/2012

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