.45 ACP/Shanxi Type 17 Broomhandle
So, everyone, I was viewing one of these on Gunbroker and know there's some controversy about them (though I can't imagine the Chinese, even of that period when costs were lower, manufacturing them from scratch, new, just to sell to us!). However, I kind of want one just to add to my Webley, Luger, and Broomhandle collection because it is such an oddball (I have two of the Webley and Scott Mk I .455 Self Loading pistols so why not add another weird gun?).
Is there a good resource for information on them? I've been scouring the different boards and the internet but I find, unfortunately, far more questions than answers. I think it'd be fun to fire one a few times a year (like 3-5 shots a year at most) but mostly it's just for the oddball factor. I was just hoping to find more information as they seem to have gotten very spendy given their uncertain provenance (either original or made out of parts guns as I read somewhere, perhaps one of Alvin's erudite posts on Broomhandles!).
Michael
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