Posted: 11/4/2010 7:41:10 AM EDT
it appears to be some sort of hi-power based off the mk1 frame, but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is. |
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I have it. But it ain't much info. This is a 9mm Parabellum Ordonnanzpistole 43 W+F Browning submitted as a replacement for the Luger for the Swiss government. From 'Handguns of the World' 1993: "Waffenfabrik Bern also submitted a Browning-type autoloader patterened after the FN Model 35 GP, which the Swiss called the Pistole W+F Browning. "Experiments went on until the 1949 adoption of the improved SIG Petter (P-210).
So, how rare can a pistol be? Trials pistols like the elusive .45 Luger are always objects of great interest. If you have that pistol, hang on to it. |
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http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8676/20100712195354.jpg it appears to be some sort of hi-power based off the mk1 frame, but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is. Kinda looks like a variation of this French WWII Browning Can you post a picture of the other side? 
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Here is the picture from the book. As you can see, it is the gun in question and it is not a HP clone although it did come from FN. It is said to have 'evolved' from the GP 35. http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb27/INLAND44/Guns/Browningtrial.jpg Oh, the Sig 210 most definately derived from the French 1935A 7.65 Longue caliber blaster. The pistol illlustrated was one of the prototypes tested before adoption of the Sig. I had the oppportunity to shoot a 1935A and they are very nearly as accurate as the Sig 210, the caliber of the gun was its only real downfall. |