Simson & Co. SUHL. #1 BOUGHT

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Tom A,
These men are SO sharp that I think a few of their remarks on this very pistol are worth revisiting.

From Thor:
[quote]posted 07-23-2002
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A parts gun, Simson chambered would be around 1925 vintage and rust blued. Barrel appears salt blued as does EJECTOR which is not right either for a Simson. Some parts are blued that should be strawed, some are strawed that should be blued. A little high for a parts gun, but not too bad!
The number 1 markings are a little funny given that the parts are from different guns. Thor
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From max2cam:
[quote] posted 07-24-2002
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On the first photo of that gun notice the apparent tool marks on the milled out flat behind the toggle cam-ramp area of the frame.
How common is it for this spot on the frame to be perfectly smooth without machine tooling marks and how common for there to be marks there?

My 1938 has some machine tool traces in that area, but I thought earlier guns would not. Or did WWI production guns show more tooling blems as well?

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From Hugh:
[quote] It is common for there to be some circular milling marks in this area. However, on that #1 gun, those look more like "engine-turning" marks rather than milling marks. That "1" looks funny also........ <hr></blockquote>


From tacfoley:
[quote]Dear American Persons - please enlighten this poor old fart sitting on the other side of the wet bit, but don't you have an organisation like the Trading and Advertising standards authority like we do over here in the backward old UK? The seller of this 'faked up' pistol in THIS burg would be seriously done by:
a. the Trading Standards Authority
b. the Gun Trade Association
c. the Home Office

As a result of prosecution under any or all of these organisations, he would, at the very least, lose his licence to trade in Section 1 Firearms - ie those which fire a cartridge, effectively preventing him from any further mis-representation of a live weapon.

I guess it's because there are just so many of 'em out there for you all that one bad apple doesn't even get noticed.......


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