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I came across these two today - was at an antique shop, was totally surprised to find them in a guy who sells militaria! They'll look a lot nicer after I wrap them in shrink wrap...
First box is 9mm Browning Long - unopened! Quote:
Both military, interesting finds ![]() Ed
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Most interesting. That was a special find for sure.
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Good Stuff!
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Hi Ed, what is the 1918 bullet shape ball or truncated cone... GT....
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Looks rounded to me
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Shoot it, shoot it!!!
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Pick up at Walmart, if your state allows ~ Winchester, White Box, 9mm/luger~
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Very special finding Ed, surely here in Europe it would be impossible to find a box of live cartridges in an antique shop.
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![]() Smaller Depression era bowl - gotta be green - my friend Bill and Mary will understand this picture ![]() ![]() |
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Nice find!
![]() You can actually find Swedish surplus right now, seems like somebody brought in a large shipment a few years ago and you can still find it for reasonable money: https://www.libertytreecollectors.co...&idcategory=12 . I lucked out and found an M/07 in original caliber, so I bought 10 boxes of 1941 production from Samco (before they went bankrupt and closed the doors ![]() |
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Ed, I like the 9 luger box of ammo, email me if you are parting with it. John
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Nice find.
Headstamps are from Rheinische Metallwaarenfabrik in Sommerda. (Rheinmetall). |
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Nice finds Ed. I wish the 9x19 label was complete.
Adamstown was one of the reasons we started our Denver/Morgantown, PA cartridge show where we did, now back about 23 years ago. Some of the wives really like the outlets and antique shops in the area. Might that 1911 be a holster-maker form? |
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it could be Johnny - except the same place they had a Luger one, just like it and another shop a P38 (I think all same seller).
Been always told they were training guns, but who knows? Have you ever seen any german military 9m Browning Long? |
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Hi Ed, here's a 1917 pkt to go with it
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The cast 1911 looks like the ones that came out of the MGM auction back in the 1980s.
I have a SAA and a S&W revolver that look just like this. They were made to dress up background extras in movies, where the extras did not participate in the action. |
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Or could it be one of the Lytle Novelty Company guns...?
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Any Swedish, Austrian, or Belgian 9mm BL could have been used by the Germans, but there are a few headstamps that really fit the bill: -Austrian H 5 18 -German S / 6 / 16 / / -Belgian F N 08 -German RWS 1932 The above are all believed to have been used by German military forces. There may be others I don't know about, but these are in my collection. |
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Thanks, will try to take picture tomorrow, as I've wrapped it and it looks nicer, easier to read I think.
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