Ruby “Paramount” .32 ACP Compact Semi-Automatic Pistol – Fabrique d'Armes de Guerre, WWI-Era 9+1 Striker-Fired
This Spanish-made Ruby “Paramount” offers collectors a scarce trade-name variant of the famous WWI service pistol lineage. Built in Eibar circa 1915-1918, it features a blued carbon-steel frame and slide, an internal striker, and an extended single-stack magazine that delivers 9 + 1 rounds of .32 ACP in a pocket-size package. The Paramount banner, designed to echo Belgian FN branding, marks this example as one of the harder-to-find export models and adds historical interest.
Condition
Overall Condition: Fair condition, showing extensive signs of prior use and handling.
Bore Condition: Good – Clean, well-maintained, minor wear marks.
Bore Rifling: Good Rifling – Intact, well-defined lands and grooves.
Specific Condition Notes: Minor to moderate scratching, scuffing, and blemishing are present. Both hard-rubber grip panels are missing. The left-side safety/slide-stop lever is also missing.
What’s Included
- Fabrique d'Armes de Guerre Ruby “Paramount” .32 ACP pistol (grips and left-side safety/slide-stop lever missing)
- 1 × 9-round original blued-steel Ruby-pattern magazine with witness holes
The Paramount-marked Ruby is mechanically interchangeable with French-issue wartime guns yet was produced for commercial export, making it a desirable crossover piece for both military-history and civilian-pocket-pistol collections.
Its internal striker design predates many later service pistols, offering a streamlined slide with no external hammer spur and rear serrations for positive manipulation.
The 9-round magazine sets this model apart from most contemporary .32 ACP pistols, providing higher capacity while retaining a compact 3.1-inch barrel and heel-style magazine release favored in early European automatics.
Fixed sights consist of an integral half-moon front blade and a shallow V-notch milled into the slide, reflecting typical WWI-era handgun configurations.
Commercial “SPAIN” proofmarks and the Fabrique d'Armes de Guerre legend illustrate Eibar’s marketing approach of echoing FN nomenclature, underscoring the pistol’s period appeal and collectible status.