Broomhandle

[Sergio Natali]

Here in Italy "Bolo" broomhandles are not too rare, also because about 345,000.00 of them were made between 1920/1930 but for some reason the average quality is rarely very high, whereas the so called "Red 9" are more scarce as only about 135,000.00 of them were produced, BUT here they get rechambered 9X21 IMI sooooo as usual in these cases the real collectible value "drops" to about USD 2,500.00

Sergio

[alvin]

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

but for some reason the average quality is rarely very high

Many Bolos appeared in China. Russian also gave Chinese Nationalist some handguns and Nagant-Mosin rifles. One reason that Nationalist tolerated CCP until 1927 was Soviet money and weapon assistance. Nationalist need assistance in warlord years. Those were early years. There were other assistance in 1930s, so Chinese could absorb some Japanese pressure. Did those handguns include many Bolos? Handgun type was not recorded, so, that's unknown. But what Russian could give? There are very few Nagant 1895 revolvers, nor Russian made Tokarevs in Chinese museums nowadays. So, Broomhandles and Bolos ? Maybe.. but still unknown.

Asian like Bolo, I guess that's related with average hand size. Sig226 (a typical example), Luger, even Broomhandle Red 9's (somewhat) grip are too big -- hard to hold the gun straight with index finger on trigger. Bolo's grip? cannot be more comfortable. Of course, not everyone has same hand size, I mean, average size.