Walther Olympia
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The Walther Olympia was a handgun
manufactured by Walther as an improvement on the earlier Walther Target Model. It was chambered for the .22 Long Rifle
, and a few chambered for the .22 Short
. It was produced to equip the German team for the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 for the rapid fire events. The Olympia design had a fixed barrel, open-topped slide and internal hammer. The Olympia had a large contoured wooden grip, which extended well below the bottom of the butt frame causing the necessity of the magazine bottom plate to be fitted with a wooden block extension.
Handgun
A handgun is a firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from long guns such as rifles and shotguns ....
manufactured by Walther as an improvement on the earlier Walther Target Model. It was chambered for the .22 Long Rifle
.22 Long Rifle
The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge is a long established variety of ammunition, and in terms of units sold is still by far the most common in the world today. The cartridge is often referred to simply as .22 LR and various rifles, pistols, revolvers, and even some smoothbore shotguns have...
, and a few chambered for the .22 Short
.22 Short
.22 Short is a variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. Developed in 1857 for the first Smith and Wesson revolver, the .22 rimfire was the first American metallic cartridge....
. It was produced to equip the German team for the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 for the rapid fire events. The Olympia design had a fixed barrel, open-topped slide and internal hammer. The Olympia had a large contoured wooden grip, which extended well below the bottom of the butt frame causing the necessity of the magazine bottom plate to be fitted with a wooden block extension.