FP45 Liberator

**Bob K** · 03-10-2012 10:14 PM

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**Highly Recommended** · 03-10-2012 10:14 PM

A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered. Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping. In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail. I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!). CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping.

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**gunner** · 03-11-2012 09:41 AM

Nice little thing! But i wouldn´t fire a single shot out of it! The Resistance fighters often commented that you couldn´t be sure who was wounded after firing it, the german soldier or Gestapo man or youself. They´ve often blewn up.

**Johnny Peppers** · 03-11-2012 01:33 PM

Another case of an excellent idea which had no practical application. The Army turned the pistols over to the OSS, and supposedly there is no account of them ever being dropped behind enemy lines in Europe.

**browningautorifle** · 03-11-2012 06:28 PM

I have a book about these. It's written by John A Minnery and Joe Ramos called American Tools of Intrigue. Desert Publications. It outlines all different types of these weapons and their uses. Silenced versions...one shoots a steel spike??? I have line drawings. It was apparently designed to use only the seven or so cartridges that came with it and then it was done for...

**Bob K** · 03-12-2012 06:17 PM

I'll have to try and find that book.

**browningautorifle** · 03-12-2012 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Bob K

I'll have to try and find that book.

If you can't, PM me and maybe we can work a dope deal...

**JerryB08** · 03-12-2012 07:08 PM

someone is making a reproduction of the Lib in the states.

**Bob K** · 03-12-2012 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by JerryB08

someone is making a reproduction of the Lib in the states.

Yes, Vintage Ordnance is making them. The only difference according to them is that theirs has a rifled barrel and serial number stamped on the underside of the barrel. I believe they also do not drill the firing pin hole thru. They do not recommend shooting it and I think they sell for around $500.

**Calif-Steve** · 03-13-2012 08:36 PM

The US built them without ever asking anyone if they wanted them. The British icon

preferred to drop Sten Guns to Resistance Units. Very few, if any, ever dropped in Europe. Not common, but no history, either.

**drweiler** · 03-08-2015 05:19 PM

Was offered one last week, vg condition but missing floor plate and no accessories, $900. Should I walk, or run back. It was a model 3, '3 hole'?

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