Just got another Chinese broomhandle

alvin · 01-30-2014, 11:07 PM

Mauser grip frames are numbered, from beginning to the end. But on 1930 and Schnellfeuer, it's numbered inside.... so it creates a weird situation -- supposedly, according to the rule, the number on the grip frame should be recorded in the "bound book". However,,,, I don't know how many people record that partial s/n on 1930

On mismatched 1930, I bet most people would still record the full s/n on the barrel.

For those .45ACP, most of them are assembled in 1980s. Not sure why people paying big bucks on them....Probably most of .45 were advertised as "only 8000 made, most destroyed" etc. If everyone says so, it must be so. But, if viewers track it a little bit -- they probably would find this "super rare variation" appears almost every week on gunbroker.com. Back a few years ago, it's available at a few hundred dollars.

318is_Parabellum · 01-30-2014, 11:31 PM

*Everything* was cheaper "a few years ago". Sure wish I could've bought all those cheap MP 40 and MG 42 parts kits I remember being advertised in the Shotgun News 10 years ago, but I was a 'starving grad student'!

Darn Baby Boomers, those guys got to have all the fun. Guys like myself (I'm 41!), and younger are left with the scraps.

Not "hating", just wish I could've been buying import-marked lugers 10 years ago before the prices went nuts. Of course, GI 1911/1911A1 prices have skyrocketed during the same timeframe. Let's not even mention what NFA firearm (machine gun) prices have done in the last 20 years... AR-15 type weapons are the only firearm types that I see as being in "the best of times" right now. I'm kinda bummed that I missed out on "the golden age" of surplus firearms, which interest me far more than do M-4 type AR-15's loaded with gizmos. I already built my Vietnam-era M16A1 clone, and my M16A2 clone like I carried when I was in the Army. But I digress....

sheepherder · 01-31-2014, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by alvin

Mauser grip frames are numbered, from beginning to the end. But on 1930 and Schnellfeuer, it's numbered inside...

But it's not the full serial; only the last 4...

01-30-2014, 11:07 PM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Mauser grip frames are numbered, from beginning to the end. But on 1930 and Schnellfeuer, it's numbered inside.... so it creates a weird situation -- supposedly, according to the rule, the number on the grip frame should be recorded in the "bound book". However,,,, I don't know how many people record that partial s/n on 1930 On mismatched 1930, I bet most people would still record the full s/n on the barrel. For those .45ACP, most of them are assembled in 1980s. Not sure why people paying big bucks on them....Probably most of .45 were advertised as "only 8000 made, most destroyed" etc. If everyone says so, it must be so. But, if viewers track it a little bit -- they probably would find this "super rare variation" appears almost every week on gunbroker.com. Back a few years ago, it's available at a few hundred dollars.

01-30-2014, 11:31 PM	#2
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	Everything was cheaper "a few years ago". Sure wish I could've bought all those cheap MP 40 and MG 42 parts kits I remember being advertised in the Shotgun News 10 years ago, but I was a 'starving grad student'! Darn Baby Boomers, those guys got to have all the fun. Guys like myself (I'm 41!), and younger are left with the scraps. Not "hating", just wish I could've been buying import-marked lugers 10 years ago before the prices went nuts. Of course, GI 1911/1911A1 prices have skyrocketed during the same timeframe. Let's not even mention what NFA firearm (machine gun) prices have done in the last 20 years... AR-15 type weapons are the only firearm types that I see as being in "the best of times" right now. I'm kinda bummed that I missed out on "the golden age" of surplus firearms, which interest me far more than do M-4 type AR-15's loaded with gizmos. I already built my Vietnam-era M16A1 clone, and my M16A2 clone like I carried when I was in the Army. But I digress....