*** January 2007 Purchases ***

[Claven2]

Congrats! They're really great rifles! (and going up in price every day it seems...)

[Andy]

Just received an un-issued Brazilian 1908 with matching bayonet, sling, and sighting target. Practically perfect! Has the scroll type stock cartouche (not the star of David version), otherwise identical to the one in the South American knowlege base. Still partially in cosmoline.

MUST
HAVE
PICTURES

[Claven2]

You could always look at mine in the MKL... hehehehehe

[Andy]

Or the one in my locker.

Love those Brazilians and Argies.

[Claven2]

Love those Brazilians and Argies.

Don't we all!

[Bangup]

I see that you two keeners have decided to hold an informal competitive poll of superior Brazilian 1908s. Badger must have a rack minty ones in his armory ; but since they probably all have sniper scopes mounted, I'm afraid we will have to disqualify them!

Now me, I only have two, but the second one (its a star B) is sadly only excellent , not mint ; and it has no matching bayonet or target.

Perhaps I'll see if I can get a couple of photos for Andy; maybe just one of the target, since the rest of it just looks like Claven's MKL posting (and Andy's own safe queen).

[Claven2]

Now we have to look for someone with a superb unissued matching Argentine with all the gucci gear. Now THAT would impress me

[GrantRCanada]

Yesterday evening I received the latest addition to my collection of Canadian/British military firearms.

It is a Canadian-made Inglis No. 1 Mk1* Browning High Power pistol - i.e. the "Chinese" model - SN 1CH4149, which indicates that it was manufactured in late August 1944.

The pistol is in good overall shape, with all-matching serial numbers (though it has been re-parkerized, which is by no means unusual for these, actually.) Because it proved very difficult to get the pistols to the Chinese past the Japanese blockade, quite a few of this model (i.e. with the tangent-adjustable long-range rear sight and cut for the shoulderstock) were diverted to Canadian (and British) service during WWII to supplement supplies of the No. 2 pistol adopted by them, but both countries had a program a decade or two after the war to convert all such No. 1 pistols in their inventory to No. 2 configuration. This was accomplished by removing the tangent sight and milling its base off the slide, then installing the simple non-adjustable rear sight of the No. 2. pistol - the stock attachment slot on the rear of the gripframe was simply left in place.

What is interesting about this pistol is that it appears to have been in Canadian service - there is a C-Broadarrow mark on the left side of the slide at the rear, which is unusual in itself (since most Canadian pistols are not marked there, to my knowledge) but to my mind is definitely indicative of Canadian ownership and use - yet the gun is clearly still in the unaltered "No. 1" configuration. This suggests to me that the pistol must have been surplussed (or otherwise "removed" from military service ) before the conversion program affected it.

Quite some time ago, I acquired a repro shoulderstock/holster - in anticipation of eventually filling this niche in my collection - and am pleased to report that it fits perfectly!

Some pictures (click each thumbnail for full-size image ...)

First, the C-Broadarrow stamp on the left side of the slide:

[BRAMEL]

I don't know what possesed me to buy this?? Maybe, The supply of Finn mosins is drying up.

[Claven2]

Just picked this little puppy up today. She's a matching 6" .38-200 S&W M&P Pre-Victory made in 1940, and guess what? UNISSUED Only sign of wear is the cylinder stop line from cycling the action. Even the case colors & blueing are 100%. And Canadian marked, too.
I swabbed the cosmolene out of the barrel and cylinders myself earlier tonight... came from an estate with a bunch of other really old pristine S&W's that I couldn't afford...