I don't usually have problems but I too get that crossed up and I am a history buff and serious reader.

Andre: That is one gorgeous gun.

My wife has a 32 caliber semi auto she inherited, I tracked it down, made in pre WWI. I tho0ugh it was a display item as the firing pin was lame. My brother had a modern version of it (Baby Browning) and said that was normal. He also had some ammo so we shot it. Shoots fine.

How it got from Europe to the US and then into her mothers hands which was her duty pistol when she was in the CG in WWII (inspector and I suspect no one messed with her if she is anything like my wife!)

Finish is really worn but it functions just fine.

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Quote Originally Posted by Aragorn243 View Post
It's not an antique. It was made in 1905. To be an antique, it had to be made in or prior to 1898. Has nothing to do with the date of the model or the design, actual manufacture date.
Understandable, I am sometimes called an antique and I am not nearly that old!