Unusual Dutch Vickers

Vlim · 07-12-2006, 05:55 AM

Hi,

A most interesting pistol and it's certainly not impossible that the gun was assembled from parts at hand.

Quite a few of these pistols were damaged by using sten gun ammo in them and it appears that all tricks were used to keep guns serviceable with a minimum of down time. We've seen many upper/lower/toggle mismatches which were all Dutch contract parts.

The fact that this pistol lacks receiver/barrel/frame markings indeed seems to point towards the GS spare parts bin. Are any small parts like the toggle pin or sear bar GS-marked?

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07-12-2006, 05:55 AM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, A most interesting pistol and it's certainly not impossible that the gun was assembled from parts at hand. Quite a few of these pistols were damaged by using sten gun ammo in them and it appears that all tricks were used to keep guns serviceable with a minimum of down time. We've seen many upper/lower/toggle mismatches which were all Dutch contract parts. The fact that this pistol lacks receiver/barrel/frame markings indeed seems to point towards the GS spare parts bin. Are any small parts like the toggle pin or sear bar GS-marked?