SEAM Praga
Sociedad Española de Armas y Municiones (SEAM) · Pistol · Discontinued · 1925
Also known as: Praga, SEAM 6.35mm, SEAM .25
Overview
The SEAM Praga is a Spanish 'Eibar-type' .25 ACP blowback pocket pistol marketed in the 1920s and 1930s under the Praga trade name by Sociedad Española de Armas y Municiones (SEAM), a sales house that distributed pistols built by a loose association of small Basque gunsmiths around Eibar. Patterned closely on the FN/Browning Model 1906 vest-pocket pistol, it is a striker-fired blowback design feeding from a six-round detachable box magazine, intended as an inexpensive concealable personal-defense sidearm.
Specifications
| Weight (empty) | 340 g (12.0 oz) |
| Weight (loaded) | 365 g (12.9 oz) |
| Overall Length | 115 mm (4.53") |
| Barrel Length | 54 mm (2.13") |
| Height | 80 mm (3.15") |
| Width | 22 mm (0.87") |
| Sight Radius | 88 mm (3.46") |
| Action Type | Blowback |
| Firing Mechanism | Striker Fired |
| Trigger Type | Single Stage |
| Magazine Capacity | 6 rounds |
| Magazine Type | Detachable Box |
| Muzzle Velocity | 230 m/s (755 fps) |
| Muzzle Energy | 86 J (63 ft·lbf) |
| Effective Range | 7 m (8 yd) |
| Maximum Range | 50 m (55 yd) |
| Barrel Rifling | Right Hand |
| Number of Grooves | 6 |
| Frame Material | Steel |
| Slide Material | Steel |
| Barrel Material | Steel |
| Stock Material | Wood |
| Finish | Blued |
Calibers
- .25 ACP · primary — also known as 6.35x16mm Browning, 6.35mm Browning, .25 Auto
Features
- Firing modes: Semi Automatic
- Feed systems: Detachable Box Magazine
- Safety mechanisms: Manual Safety, Magazine Safety
- Features: Fixed Sights, Concealed Hammer, Vest Pocket Size
Production
Production years: c. 1925-1936
Produced by small Eibar workshops and distributed by SEAM until the Spanish Civil War disrupted the regional gun trade; total output unknown.
Origin
Country of origin: Spain
Discontinued: 1936
Notes
SEAM acted primarily as a middleman that found export markets for guns produced by independent Eibar workshops, so the exact manufacturer of any individual SEAM Praga is rarely identifiable. The Praga name was one of several prestige-sounding trade labels applied to otherwise generic Eibar-pattern pocket pistols and is unrelated to the Czechoslovak Praga pistols of the same era.
Background
Eibar pocket pistols like the SEAM Praga were churned out by the thousands by tiny Basque workshops during the interwar years, often stamped with grand foreign-sounding names to flatter buyers; the Spanish 'Praga' borrows the name of the Czech capital and bears no relation to the Czechoslovak Praga firearms.