Ojanguren y Vidosa Furia

Ojanguren y Vidosa · Pistol · Discontinued · 1920

Also known as: Furia, Pistola Furia

Overview

The Ojanguren y Vidosa Furia is a Spanish 7.65mm (.32 ACP) blowback semi-automatic pocket pistol built in Eibar during the 1920s and 1930s. An "Eibar type" Browning copy patterned on the FN/Browning Model 1906/1910 layout, it was sold under the Furia trade name as an inexpensive self-defence sidearm typical of the Spanish pocket-pistol trade of the period. An example chambered in 7.65mm with an 80mm barrel and 150mm overall length is held in the Imperial War Museums collection.

Specifications

Weight (empty)600 g (21.2 oz)
Overall Length150 mm (5.91")
Barrel Length80 mm (3.15")
Height105 mm (4.13")
Action TypeBlowback
Firing MechanismStriker Fired
Trigger TypeSingle Action
Magazine Capacity7 rounds
Magazine TypeDetachable Box
Muzzle Velocity290 m/s (951 fps)
Muzzle Energy193 J (142 ft·lbf)
Effective Range25 m (27 yd)
Barrel RiflingRight Hand
Number of Grooves6
Frame MaterialSteel
Slide MaterialSteel
Barrel MaterialSteel
Stock MaterialWood
FinishBlued

Calibers

Features

Production

Production years: 1920-1936

Exact production figures unrecorded; output ended with the disruption of the Eibar arms trade during the Spanish Civil War.

Origin

Country of origin: Spain

Discontinued: 1936

Notes

Furia was one of several trade names used by Ojanguren y Vidosa of Eibar (alongside Apache, Tanque, Crucero, Puppet and others). The documented Furia is the 7.65mm (.32 ACP) Eibar Browning copy; the same maker also produced near-identical 6.35mm (.25 ACP) pocket pistols under its various brands.

Background

Eibar's gunmaking district turned out dozens of near-identical .25 and .32 blowback pocket pistols under colourful brand names like Furia, Apache and Tanque, flooding the European market with cheap concealable self-defence guns between the World Wars.