Pete,
Anything coming out of South America and going via the UK should be taken with a grain of salt.
It is interesting to note that this carbine is a new model carbine (with normal toggles) which I would have expected to appear later (maybe around the 1920 period) instead of 1911-12 bearing in mind that other reported 9 mm carbines have dished toggles. If this carbine would be considered authentic, it would mean that the 9 mm carbines were offered in two random configurations. Can this be true while the original M1902 carbines had a standard configuration?
It is also interesting that this 'presentation' carbine (from the inventor) has a C-suffix serial number without a 'GL' hallmark. In addition, the golden decoration on the barrel and better wood without a 'GL' is somewhat unusual, but I would not count it out completely.
Whoever bought this carbine should obtain a second or third opinion.
Albert
|