help required on 1911 byf?

Vlim · 02-08-2011, 09:53 PM

Hi, if he had it for 46 years, it is one of the pistols that the GDR (East Germany) sold to Interarms for some much needed US Currency. Interarms had no problem buying from 'the enemy' in those days, because the pistols could be passed off as nazi-era P08 pistols. If the state had known that the GDR was the supplier, they probably wouldn't have granted an import license for them.

It just adds to the cold-war experience that these guns represent.

02-08-2011, 09:53 PM	#15
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, if he had it for 46 years, it is one of the pistols that the GDR (East Germany) sold to Interarms for some much needed US Currency. Interarms had no problem buying from 'the enemy' in those days, because the pistols could be passed off as nazi-era P08 pistols. If the state had known that the GDR was the supplier, they probably wouldn't have granted an import license for them. It just adds to the cold-war experience that these guns represent.