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trigger guard between it and the front of the frame. The slide was fixed to the frame by a transverse wedge behind the breech that in turn was held in place by the firing pin. The Campo-Giro was over 225 mm (8.9 in) long, weighed over 900 g (2.0 lb) unloaded, and had an 8-round magazine. It produced a greater muzzle velocity from the 9 mm Largo round than did the
Bergmann–Bayard, due to its longer (165 mm or 6.5 in) barrel. The pistol was well made and accurate, but difficult to disassemble.
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and delay the opening of the breech. It retained an external hammer and a top ejection port like the
Bergmann–Bayard, but had its magazine in the grip instead in front of the trigger guard, thus allowing a much longer barrel to be fitted. The magazine release lever was just behind the oval-shaped
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was a delayed blowback design, unusual in a gun chambered for a powerful military cartridge. The Campo-Giro used a powerful spring to handle the recoil of the 9mm Largo cartridge, and had a smaller spring beneath the barrel to serve as a
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and decorated for his Cuban service. On his return to Spain he was elected to the
Spanish parliament and in 1905, one year after his first patent, placed on the retired list. In 1909 he was promoted to
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After an unknown number of Modelo 1912 pistols had been manufactured, the army became aware that an improved version of the pistol that had been developed, and in
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Campo-Giro patented new improvements in 1913, 1914, and 1915, resulting in a redesigned frame, redesigned mainspring and the magazine release being moved to the bottom of the grip. Because of the
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was however still retained by those troops who had been issued with it, the 9mm Largo cartridge having been judged a success. Early examples were manufactured by the
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