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You'd never be able to explain to them what their equipment would be worth in 70 years...
G I with Garand apart from being a giant is he carrying non standard side arm as the holster profile does not fit the 1911's I have seen more like P-38.
It IS a P38...
Astonishing pistol in it's day, double action autoloader? Huge improvement over the delicate and temperamental Luger and much cheaper to produce. I keep one on my night table.
I like them too...many features that were either copied outright or still in use today.
Mine is one of the Russian capture ones that were rehabed and came in a number of years ago. My only complaint is the double action trigger pull. I have owned cap guns that had better triggers.
Is this typical?
I found them to be rather good, especially when compared against their contemporaries of the era.Quote:
Originally Posted by us019255
You want bad trigger pull, you get yourself a Nagant revolver, makes a P38 feel like a tuned match pistol.
It wouldn't by chance be a Spreework? Some of those were hideous, and the worst that were made. The earlier ones weren't so bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by us019255
Just looked at it. byf 42 Mauser- Werke if I remember correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
By the way, I purchased for historical value, and do agree that it is a remarkable engineering achievement. The only double action triggers of the era I have any experience with is S&W revolvers, which, of course, are fine. I do have no complaints with the single action pull.
Then I suggest since it's a Russian capture, and we know they stripped and refurbed their captures...perhaps they mixed parts and it's not quite what it left the factory as...?Quote:
Originally Posted by us019255
I have heard of stories of allied soldiers being executed on the spot straight after being taken prisoner by the Germans during WW2 because the've been found to have German equipment on them. This may have been items such as a pistol or weapon, a German watch or other personal possessions that have obviously been taken from a German prisoner or casualty. These items would obviously have come to light when the allied prisoner was initially searched after capture.
A similar situation arose with the F/S Commando knife, if taken prisoner by the Germans and if caught in possession it was highly likely to result in execution. For some reason the Germans don't appear to have understood that it wasn't only Commandos who were issued the knife. I have heard of the knife being discarded when capture looked likely.
H*tlers infamous commando directive "Any captured Commado's are to be summarily executed on the spot"
I've heard of at least one "British" glider pilot* who carried a F/S Commando knife on him when he flew into Arnhem but ended up disposing of it when he thought that he was about to be captured. In the end he wasn't and eventually made it back to England. I don't know if it was normal practice to issue F/S knives to glider pilots or if this was an isolated case, perhaps a private purchase???
*Most interestingly he wasn't really British at all but German, a Jew. I believe that his name was changed slightly to sound more English in case of capture.
You very well may be right. It is the only one that I have ever fired. By the way, the barrel is very very dark, but the accuracy seems fine, at least in relation to my poor pistol skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
It doesn't take much rifling to direct a pistol bullet, jacketed that is. Lead might be different...a bit of judicious work might relieve the harsh trigger too.