An original Berloque Pistölchen is now on display at the Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum. This 2mm miniature pistol was made in Austria in the 1930s and was first developed by Franz Pfannl, a watchmaker.
The pistol comes complete with its original box and bullets. It fires pinfire “caps” that make a noise but do not fire a projectile. The Pinfire system was one of the earliest cartridge designs. It featured a pin protruding at a right angle from the cartridge case. When struck by the hammer the pin ignited the powder charge, firing the cartridge.
