IAR imported many instances in 1980s, so this article had certain sales advertisement elements inside.
The importance of .45ACP Broomhandle in Chinese pre-1949 history was amplified in huge way. From production volume, only 8000 instances were made. The volume was too tiny to have an impact. How could an item be "famous" if most people never seen it.... Say, in novels and memoirs, I have never read any legendary figures specificly playing a .45ACP Broomhandles. Never appear in movies either. Astonishingly, the first time I heard there was such a gun was in the U.S.
The situation of Shansei .45ACP is not unlike 6-shot Mauser, if we say 6-shot Broomhandles were rare, that's true. But if we say it's 6-shot pistol made Broomhandle famous, that cannot be more far away from truth. Not because 6-shot was a poorly made pistol, but because it's too scarce, only a few people knew its existence in the circle. What made Broomhandle well known to the world were M1912, Red 9, Bolo, M1930, and M1932. Chinese Broomhandle application history was no exception on that, but Red 9 could be dropped from the list. Too few Red 9s there. For that matter, I've even seen Astra 900, 902 in movies, but have not seen Shansei .45ACP yet.
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{Edit} Putting history aside, the accuracy part of the article is great information. Thanks.
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