.45 ACP Broomhandle/Shanxi Type 17

TheRomanhistorian · 04-16-2015, 08:12 PM

Hello all,

So, as promised, here are some photos. I did not take down the gun yet but it's a beautiful and heavy gun and I think it may confusingly (to me) have some features of 'new' production and perhaps 'old' if I follow some of the indications in the previous thread. Yet, there are odd things like: There's a tiny marking behind the trigger guard that indicates Navy Arms import and the grip screw is on the left but the interior looks like it was milled.

However, the' lettering' is 'square' and blocky for the date (18th year of the Republic) though it's not as square as in the other example in another thread where Alvin posted a photo. It seems in between the curved and blocky. I've also thought it is odd that the serial number is so low, 504 for the majority of the gun though the hammer and a few other parts are mismatched (the hammer, for example, is 1989).

I wonder if it was, if original, reblued for import to extract maximum price? Not great photos, I know, trying to figure out these new fangled phones (I think I missed out by waiting so long to get a camera on my phone).

Michael

04-16-2015, 08:12 PM	#1
TheRomanhistorian User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 301 Thanks: 170 Thanked 88 Times in 64 Posts	.45 ACP Broomhandle/Shanxi Type 17 Hello all, So, as promised, here are some photos. I did not take down the gun yet but it's a beautiful and heavy gun and I think it may confusingly (to me) have some features of 'new' production and perhaps 'old' if I follow some of the indications in the previous thread. Yet, there are odd things like: There's a tiny marking behind the trigger guard that indicates Navy Arms import and the grip screw is on the left but the interior looks like it was milled. However, the' lettering' is 'square' and blocky for the date (18th year of the Republic) though it's not as square as in the other example in another thread where Alvin posted a photo. It seems in between the curved and blocky. I've also thought it is odd that the serial number is so low, 504 for the majority of the gun though the hammer and a few other parts are mismatched (the hammer, for example, is 1989). I wonder if it was, if original, reblued for import to extract maximum price? Not great photos, I know, trying to figure out these new fangled phones (I think I missed out by waiting so long to get a camera on my phone). Michael Attached Thumbnails __________________ Michael Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.') 'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers