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Post by pjk9hp on Dec 24, 2017 7:14:02 GMT -5
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Post by CXM on Dec 24, 2017 9:43:13 GMT -5
I have no evidence of this, but I'd speculate it is a one off made in Pakistan... They make quite a lot of crude knock off guns. FWIW Chuck |
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Post by craig on Dec 24, 2017 12:15:51 GMT -5
+1 on that assumption, although I have never seen a photo of the INDIA made HP's - But would bet they are nicer than this one.
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Post by CXM on Dec 24, 2017 15:15:56 GMT -5
I have had the opportunity to handle an India Arms HP (foolishly I didn't buy it.) The IA HP is slightly less well finished than the Inglis HP of which it is a clone. If you have seen an Inglis you have seen an IA. I think we have some photos of one in our archives. FWIW Chuck +1 on that assumption, although I have never seen a photo of the INDIA made HP's - But would bet they are nicer than this one. |
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Post by abninftr on Dec 25, 2017 2:02:00 GMT -5
Three words --- 'Khyber Pass Special'.
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Post by Mister Coffee on Dec 25, 2017 20:18:31 GMT -5
pjk9hp: That is an extraordinarily ugly firearm. It's killing my Christmas spirit and causing me to take extra trips to the eggnog bowl. 
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Post by astronaut on Dec 28, 2017 10:02:54 GMT -5
Frankengun!!!
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Post by pjk9hp on Dec 28, 2017 11:55:56 GMT -5
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Post by abninftr on Dec 28, 2017 12:04:08 GMT -5
While the photo captions mentions Iraq, the article mentions Pakistan. So, if the caption and the article are credible, deductive reasoning tells us Pakistani, 'Khyber Pass Specials' are turning up in Iraq and used for defence by the Kurds.
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Post by pjk9hp on Dec 28, 2017 12:12:58 GMT -5
While the photo captions mentions Iraq, the article mentions Pakistan. So, if the caption and the article are credible, deductive reasoning tells us Pakistani, 'Khyber Pass Specials' are turning up in Iraq and used for defence by the Kurds. Most likely... |
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Post by Slav on Jan 6, 2018 10:15:26 GMT -5
I have had the opportunity to handle an India Arms HP (foolishly I didn't buy it.) The IA HP is slightly less well finished than the Inglis HP of which it is a clone. If you have seen an Inglis you have seen an IA. I think we have some photos of one in our archives. FWIW Chuck +1 on that assumption, although I have never seen a photo of the INDIA made HP's - But would bet they are nicer than this one. I had the chance to handle an Ishapore 1A in their factory in India. Was installing the Fast Safety system on it. I think the finish of the gun was decent - even and nice black finish. One could tell that the surfaces of the details was not polished prior to painting but I wouldn't call the overall finish poor or low quality. The Ishapore has one of the slickest actions when equipped with the Fast Safety system. What we see on the first picture here is nothing like the Ishapore 1A. |
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Post by CXM on Jan 6, 2018 10:50:31 GMT -5
The one I saw was fairly old... I saw it around 2005 or maybe 2006 and it was not a new gun then. The finish was some sort of phosphate that looked a lot like parkerization. I'd say it was not as well finished as an Inglis HP, which are not beautifully finished... definitely the Inglis is a war time military finish... the IA made HP was in that category... they may of course have various finishes available. FWIW Chuck I have had the opportunity to handle an India Arms HP (foolishly I didn't buy it.) The IA HP is slightly less well finished than the Inglis HP of which it is a clone. If you have seen an Inglis you have seen an IA. I think we have some photos of one in our archives. FWIW Chuck I had the chance to handle an Ishapore 1A in their factory in India. Was installing the Fast Safety system on it. I think the finish of the gun was decent - even and nice black finish. One could tell that the surfaces of the details was not polished prior to painting but I wouldn't call the overall finish poor or low quality. The Ishapore has one of the slickest actions when equipped with the Fast Safety system. What we see on the first picture here is nothing like the Ishapore 1A. |
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Post by jonnyc on Feb 1, 2018 22:08:42 GMT -5
My Indian HP has a non-matching barrel and a gray-ish Park'd finish. They are obviously military surplus, but they are definitely factory guns, not anything like that abomination shown above.
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