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Post by p35 on Oct 13, 2022 12:35:12 GMT -5
According to Anthony Vanderlinden there are at least a couple of dozen of these guns out there. He has examined detailed photos of mine and agreed this was one of the guns built in the first weeks of September 1944 after the Germans abandon the plant and the workers were left to take care of themselves. It seems they took parts left over by the Germans and started assembling weapons to sell to GI's. It is my opinion these guns were built with parts that had been rejected during the German occupation. It has Belgian proofs with no serial numbers and as you can see on the right side of the trigger still retains the MR stamp and the barrel has a very light WaA140 proof as well as Belgium proofs.   |
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Post by p35 on Oct 13, 2022 13:16:50 GMT -5
As a comparison here is a "b" serial number gun which was within the last 10k built so probably produced around May or June of 1944. This one is in fact the very first High Power I ever purchased. It appears rough but the gun is in excellent condition and while it was not unfired when I got it I doubt it's fired more than one or two magazines it's entire life and retains a pristine bore. Had it not been for holster wear the gun would probably not have a mark on it. I did get it with a holster and two pristine magazines.  |
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Post by Bob Reed on Oct 13, 2022 20:52:50 GMT -5
That is, an absolutely amazing piece of history - man, I'd image the pride of ownership can only be measured in tonnage! The 'b' gun is flat-out amazing too.
Thank you for posting these.
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