Fires sideways
Note to Guns and Ammo, how about doing a cool story on this and it’s provenance? Do that instead of another high end gun review that I can’t afford....
Could be wrong, but...I think that’s the pistol famous for being the very most unsafe in the world.
Something about...if you hit the slide release it goes off every time, even with zero pressure on the trigger.
I’m guessing that’s a war trophy a relative of this guy brought back, 70+ years ago.
What is that on the bottom of the pistol grip?
Just don’t try to shoot it.
They’re basing their $31,000 estimate on one that sold at auction from Rock Island Arsenal auction for $31,625.00 some time ago with serial # 33. This one is #41. But Rock Island charges a 25% Auction Premium. I know because I bought two antique guns from them last month. Add around $7,500 to that estimate of value.
This looks as ugly as everything else Japanese I have seen from WW II. They should have paid Walther and Mauser license fees to produce weapons both functional and elegant.
Thanks for the Posting.
History PING!!!
Production was 4000-5000 Units. This is Ser #41.
I wish I had found it and this guy had a feather up his butt- then both of us could be happy;)
Looks like it has fairly tall sights for the era.