Femaru Frommer Stop Complete Specs and Full Gun Specifications

The Stop pistol was developed by Hungarian small arms designer Rudolf Frommer, and adopted by Honved (Hungarian army within the Austro-Hungarian Empire) in 1912. It was originally chambered for special 7.65mm Frommer cartridge, which was dimensionally similar to the 7.65×17 Browning / .32 ACP but loaded to provide more power. The 7.65mm Frommer Stop pistol will also function with standard 7.65×17 Browning / .32 ACP ammo, but reliability may suffer a bit. It must be noted that Hungarian military and police used Frommer Stop pistols mostly in 7.65mm caliber; the 9mm Short / Kurz caliber pistols were mostly intended for commercial sales. The Frommer Stop pistols served with Hungarian military and police until about 1945. This pistol was manufactured by Femaru factory in Budapest, Hungary, until about 1929. Total production of the Frommer Stop pistols is estimated at about 350-360 thousands. It must be noted that Frommer Stop pistols were of rather complicated design, and required complicated maintenance procedures. On the other hand, these pistols were well built, robust, and provided proper maintenance and ammunition, functioned quite reliable.