Well, I just managed to got a batch of pistols that were hidden in a cellar for years.
From what I could research up to now, the former owner was a Brazilian Army officer that fought in Italy with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in 1944-45 in Italy. So those guns were his bring backs.
Guns were hidden in a cellar covered with thick cosmoline grease or something like that for years. Grease has dry, but the guns were somewhat preserved in different levels of success. I don't have them yet (pending paperwork), but I know I'm going to have a lot of work to do. Some of pistols have lost their grips, others looks intact. Here are a Mauser 1914 and a Bergmann Bayard 1910 that are part of this lot. You can have an idea what I'm talking about (and all the work that lies ahead).
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