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Sergio Natali · 12-20-2013, 03:07 AM

Back in the late 20's and early 30's the Chinese in the Taijuan Arsenal located in the province of Shanxi (Shansei), produced .45 ACP caliber pistols designated "Type 17"
The type 17 was a copy of the most known C-96 MAUSER pistol but a bit larger and in .45 ACP caliber. They were produced in 3 stages during the period from 1929 / 1931 Mainly used by the river police.
It's reported that no more than 8500 of them were produced, unfortunately most of them got destroyed by the Chinese Communist government when they took over.
As far as I know the Chinese made a certain number of fakes in roundabout 1980

12-20-2013, 03:07 AM	#16
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Back in the late 20's and early 30's the Chinese in the Taijuan Arsenal located in the province of Shanxi (Shansei), produced .45 ACP caliber pistols designated "Type 17" The type 17 was a copy of the most known C-96 MAUSER pistol but a bit larger and in .45 ACP caliber. They were produced in 3 stages during the period from 1929 / 1931 Mainly used by the river police. It's reported that no more than 8500 of them were produced, unfortunately most of them got destroyed by the Chinese Communist government when they took over. As far as I know the Chinese made a certain number of fakes in roundabout 1980 __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.