Canadian Gun Rescue: Oh Canada

 

 

Welcome back to Walk-In Wednesday

Hey guys, and welcome to one of our Walk-In Wednesdays. Actually, a lot of guns came in the door, I want to tell you about these, but I first want to tell you a dirty little secret.

 

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Our dirty little secret

But one of the secrets about the patreon program that you may not know, there is a VIP level. Basically people who buy a lot of guns from us, they'll say, hey, can I get early access to these guns? Meaning, can you give me a heads up whenever you get some of these cool guns in. And that way I could buy them and we could cut out having to take the pictures, write the descriptions, load them on the website; they'll just buy them off of the video. And so that's what the VIP program does. We have people who pay a monthly fee, it's about a little less than $30 per month, in exchange, they get early access. So this video will go out to the public and 24 hours before they will see this video, they have the opportunity to buy the guns before they even go on the website. 

 

You pay to play, it's the American way

Over half of our videos are just educational videos that doesn't go out early. We just did the OSS video, there's nothing in there to buy. But when I have these Walk In Wednesdays where I have a lot of guns that are going to become available, the VIPs do get first access. If you're interested in that program by all means check it out. We want it to be available to anybody, it's the American way, you pay to play. If people are willing to support our channel, monthly fee, by the way, you get free shipping. So if you buy one gun a month, the fee pays for itself, free shipping, $30. 

 

This is not for everybody

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Check out what came in today

And this in particular, I just want to show you what came in today and some interesting things. Let's start on this end of the desk. 

 

Hit it and get it

Okay, this is the first one and I'll go back and forth. I'll just grab them one at a time. Again, this is just going to be hit it and get it. Just going to show this to you really quick.

 

A Late War Gun

A Late War Gun

Now this is a late war gun, you can see what I call the military or dull finish. It still has the logo, it has the Waffen stamps which means this was issued to the military. Almost certainly it went to an officer in the German army, although it could have been another branch of service. And you see from the serial number, this is about 1943 - 44; actually probably more like '44 you see the eagle and proofs which is a wartime proof. It should come with a banner magazine with the caliber and sure enough, you see the dull finish. It's almost like a phosphate but that's a dull blue. That is the proper magazine. And it comes in 7.65, .32 caliber. So this is a typical officer’s pistol. 

 

High Polish vs Dull Military

 

Now let's compare that to let's say this one, which I think from serial number is more like yeah, this is about 1938. So it's going to be crown N proofs. You see the crown N, not really visible but there it is, crown N proof. And I just wanted to show you the high polish finish versus the dull military finish. 

 

The high polished 1938 PPK - not from Canada

So this one is 1938. It's a PPK. Again, this cannot be imported from Canada because it is a PPK and the barrel is too short. So it's banned from import. This came in this week, but not from Canada. Most of these, I think I mentioned these are mostly Canadian rescues. And I'll talk more about that. This is the .22 caliber you can see the step down, beveled for the slide, not here on .32 caliber and 9mm would not be beveled. But this one is beveled for .22 caliber. By the way, these magazines are not Walther marked. The 22 calibers weren't, probably because of the bevelling here; they didn't bother to mark the caliber or the banner. This one has no button which is the correct variation for 1938. And again for the VIP members, some of you are probably going to want to grab these. We are not allowed to sell guns on YouTube, but we do send out a letter with the prices of these before they go on the website. 

 

One way to spot a gun with original finish

One way to spot a gun with original finish

Let's take a look at a couple more. Next, this one did come from Canada. This is the high polished finish. This is actually pretty early, probably about 1935, maybe '36. You see the crown N proofs here, a little bit of corrosion or patina. You can see in here, one thing you want to look for with original finish is where the slide goes back. Here's that previous one, you can see where the slide goes back, it makes the bluing come off on a re-blued gun. See now on this side it doesn't rub, but on this side, it does. And that's pretty common that's what I'm used to seeing. So that's one of the things I look for to make sure it's original finish. And sure enough, this one does have that silvering effect where it goes back, it's actually on both sides. This is the 90 degree safety, 60 degree safety for a wartime gun, 90 degree safety on the pre-war. And basically they changed it because this would hit and sometimes chip the grip, especially when it warped. 

 

Dirty little secret #2 

Dirty little secret #2

The reason I wanted to show you this, this did come from Canada. And people always say so is this one import marked? The answer is these are import marked, but another dirty little secret, I don't want to get in trouble with anybody. Because the import marks are supposed to be visible on the frame and the import mark is actually right here. And the reason I'm showing you is because you really can't even see it. Now, Randy is such a good camera man, I can barely see it. Are you able to see? There is an import mark right there. But we do it as discreet as possible. We don't do it; the importer, the person who brought it across the border, did that import stamp for us. And they're so discreet that you really can barely see them. And that's the way we want it. We also want to obey the law. So we're skirting around the edges there. But this gun I don't think has been ruined at all. And that's the only spot, and I'll show you on the Lugers where the import mark is. But that's a RFV-marked PP that was issued to the Third Reich Finance Ministry. That will be available and rescued from Canada. 

 

Why do I say Rescued from Canada?

 

By the way, if you didn't watch my previous videos, when I say rescued from Canada, that's tongue in cheek. Basically, a lot of guns are being destroyed in Canada after the vets die off. And if the guns are not registered, they are taken and destroyed. So a lot of those guns are coming into the United States. We encourage that and we call that not a dog rescue, but a gun rescue.

 

Here's a happy story

Here_s a happy story

Alright now this one needs to be cleaned up a bit. This is actually a very happy story in that, one of our viewers who watches our channel, knew what the party leader grip looks like because he watches our channel. And I believe it's an antique shop, and he went to an estate sale, and this was left behind in the estate. The vet passed away. The family was selling the contents of the home, this was brought home by the vet or at least it was in the home of the estate. And again, it was a vet and you'll see the corrosion. So this was probably up in an attic. You see some corrosion here, but the grip is almost perfect. It didn't warp very much at all. You see a little bit of a gap here, but not so much on this side, maybe at the top. And again, the warping at the top is what gets chipped. That one hits, so if you keep doing that that will eventually chip that. But that does hit right there. So that was one of the reasons they changed the safety.

 

Keep watching for a live demo

So what I wanted to show you I didn't clean this up at all, but people might ask, so how do you clean up a gun like this? By the way there is active rest on the inside. So I need to get some oil and clean it up. I'll just do a real quick demonstration. Again, beautiful party leader. You can tell right here, see this bump here. In fact, it's a little bit of damage there. That's how I know there's a metal insert. Now I did take this off and check, there's a metal insert, but that's where the metal insert is embedded in there. On this one, you can see it almost like a little pimple right there. So you don't even need to take the grip off to know that this has the metal insert that wraps around and that's the strength in the grip. 

 

Let's clean this up

Let's clean this one up. Okay, just for the purpose of speed. Normally I would take this grip off because I don't want to damage it. So like along here it needs to be cleaned up. I'll do that off camera and I'll stay away from the grip because I don't want to damage the grip. The first thing I want to do is put a little bit of oil on this and a lot of people, it's counter-intuitive to use steel wool on a blued gun but this actually will work fine. You want the finest steel wool you can get, do wear gloves because these little shards of steel wool will get into your finger.

 

Will this live demo go well? 

Let's take a particularly bad spot right here and see all the rust in here that actually will come out really well. But all I'm going to do is -- I should have shown you a close up. But you can see, well that smoothed it out a little bit. It's still going to have that blemish, we can't take that away. The best place to see it is probably on the grip strap. Just a little oil to keep it lubricated. That looks a lot better, I'm going to wipe it off. That actually came out real good. Sometimes when you do a live demonstration, you're not sure how it's going to come out? Well, there's corrosion on this side, most of that is discoloration, but I don't think that will come out. But again, the very fine steel wool does not hurt the finish, but it will get that corrosion off. And what I need to do is take this grip off. Well, let's do that off camera, hold on. 

 

Cleaning under the grip

Cleaning under the grip

Okay, I popped that off pretty easily. And you can see inside, there's the metal insert. It goes from here around the back, and the molding goes over it. So you can see where the plastic molding goes over the insert. So we're going to set this grip aside. And this is what I was talking about, you can see the corrosion here. So actually, I'll put a little bit of oil on the steel wool. And I'm going to try to clean up that spot. And I don't want to spend a whole lot of time but you can see that that's already much better. Now I need to get up in here and along here but that's what it will look like before. There's the before and there's the after. So it's not perfect, but it's a lot cleaner and this needs to be cleaned up.

 

Watch the website for this one when it's cleaned

It's a very valuable gun came from the family of the vet. And we will be offering this on the website and beautiful party leader grip.

 

The lubricants I use

Okay, got to keep moving want to show you these Lugers here. By the way people ask me that was Break Free, but I also use Hops, I'm just out of it right now. I'll order some more. But I use that as the lubricant or gun oil. 

 

A rig rescued from Canada, come look at this

 

Now the first one will be this rig, this was rescued from Canada. This is a 1917 Luger actually a beautiful gun. Come look over my shoulder here. Most of the times the maker mark is back here, meaning the holster maker mark. Sometimes it's right here. In this case, and this is true for World War I era Lugers, you'll take my word for it. But there's the maker mark in an oval, and that says 1916. It's very barely visible but I can see it with magnification. Also, there's a unit marking here, that's an ink stamp. There's a signature here, probably the Germans name. Those things can be analyzed, spend a little more time on it. 

 

An Original Tool with a 1917 Luger

It does come with a tool. And the tool hard to see but it does have an imperial proof mark right there. So this is Imperial proof marked. Pretty rare to find the original tool with the gun. 

 

Here's the actual Luger

Here_s the actual Luger

This is the gun itself. And I wanted to show it to you because it's just a beautiful example. Look at the grips on this thing, just absolutely beautiful. Look at the front strap. This I'm sure it's going to be picked up right away. You want to see that that roll mark is the silver lining. When it rolls back it hits and that's another way of saying that this is original finish because that's still there. When it's re-blued, that gets blued over that. So that's all original, the hump is the first place. Hump? What hump? The hump is the first place that you'll see wear here, you'll see the straw small parts, straw color. People say straw? It's made of metal but it's straw color. And that's typical of the World War I 1917.  DWM is the maker, 1917 is the year, and it comes in 9mm. All the military guns came in 9mm. These are the military imperial proofs. Again, you'll see the same thing on the tool and you should see the same thing on the magazine. And actually there's a plus mark, so this is the spare. And this ends in 5347 and this one is not matching, but it is the proper wood bottom magazine. Notice the nickeled tube. In World War II they're going to be blued. But this is just a beautiful example.

 

Halos - another way to spot all originals

Another way to know it's original we talked about the halos. Only on the bottom of the barrel, where the serial number is stamped you'll see the halos. It's a little bit of lighter color around like a halo effect around the numbers and the original finish will have halos in World War I era. This serial number will not have halos. So most of the markings have no halos, under the barrel you'll see halos and that's just another way to see that this is all original. A beautiful find of a DWM 1917 Luger. 

 

Yes, it is import marked

Oh rescued from Canada, the import marks are inside this crevice right here. Now if you say you can't see it, good! That's the goal. Let me just make sure it's actually there. Yeah, I seriously can't see it with my eyes. Collectors say it's import marked, that hurts the value. I think these important marks do nothing to hurt the value, just my opinion. I'll put a light on it. You really can't see it but there is an import mark right there. On this side, it says Germany in here, you have to put the country of origin, I can't see it with a naked eye. And again, that's how we like it, but to comply with import rules, it's marked Germany, which is the country of origin. 

 

A bunch of Rescued Lugers

Okay, all of these Lugers were rescued from Canada and again, just came in this week. So I'm just showing them to you and I'm going to go through them really quickly. 

 

Two byf's

These two are both byf; byf is the factory code for Mauser. And 41, byf41. So that's the date 1941. 1942 was the last year they made them. So the byf42 is the last variation. These are both military. On both of these you see the military proofs and it would be Eagle 655. You can see this finish is a lot nicer than this one. This just shows age but when it came out of the factory they both looked more like this.

 

This byf is considered as a Black Widow

 

This one is considered a Black Widow because it has the black bake light grips along with the bake light bottom. So this came from Canada with the Black Widow grips. A great find. Notice no more straw finish on the small parts. But this is just a beautiful blue, a little bit of wear here, a little bit of wear here, that's considered typical holster wear here, all the high spots is where it rubs the holster. 

 

We could make this into a black widow too? 

Now, this could be a black widow, if somebody took these grips off and put Black Widow grips on them and swapped out the magazine. This is not a matching magazine so to swap it out you wouldn't really be hurting the history of the gun, but swapping the grips, the grips are numbered to the gun. This is '44, the grips are numbered 44. So swapping it out I think messes with the history of the gun. 

 

Oops, it's slightly damaged

Oops, it_s slightly damaged

Also this gun had a little bit of damage on it. If you see right here, I saw that there. In fact, when I rub my finger, it actually snags. It snags my glove, and I couldn't figure out what that was until I saw that on the other side somebody took a vice, probably remove the barrel it is matching. So they put it back maybe they took it apart to clean it. But somebody used the vice and kind of hurt that barrel a little bit. And then I also noticed same thing here they put that in a vice. You see the same markings here. So unfortunately this was a little bit damaged but it's still a very collectible shooter grade. Oh by the way, it has a mirror bore; so it's a great shooter. Matching grips, not a matching magazine but you do see the difference between the Black Widow versus the Brown Recluse. I made that up by the way. Brown Recluse is just the standard brown wooden grip. 

 

Again, discreet import marks

Oh and these are import marked but you can't see them. You'll take my word for it, they're import marked. 

 

Two beautiful 1936s

Two beautiful 1936s

Next I have two 1936s, you see the date there and in 1936 the factory code was S42. We've talked about that before. You can see the condition of this; both of these are beautiful guns. Look at the back strap, this one is just a little bit nicer. Let's take a look at the front strap, this one is still just a little bit nicer. A little bit more wear here, some patina and again that's the first place where you see the patina because sweaty hands holding on to this. It usually takes off some of the lustre. This one is about as good as they get. In 1936 they used straw coloring on the small parts. Again, it's a nicer look but it saves them money to not do that anymore. So they changed in mid-37. So up to mid-37 you'll see the straw small parts; some people like it better that way but then after that, they just used all bluing on all the parts. Again, you can see the military proof marks, and that is a droop wing 63. 

 

Let's check for matching proof marks

Let_s check for matching proof marks

Now on the last video I did similar to this, I said, you want a magazine that has the same proof marks, so it should be droop wing 63. And if we look at this one, it's a straight wing 63. So it's a little bit later and it does not match. So this is straight wing, this is droop wing. So this is actually a magazine to a '37 or '38. And you see the blued tube instead of the nickeled tube. Again, that's correct for World War II but this is a later magazine. I think this one is correct. You see, that's a droop wing 63, a plus mark; it doesn't match but it's at least correct. Droop wing 63, droop wing 63, blued tube, beautiful grips by the way. And both of these have beautiful bores. 

 

Up next, a pair of 1938s

 

The next two are 1938. And these are also S42 as a factory code. Again, if you look at the condition, beautiful bluing. You see some greyness here, meaning it's dulled down a little bit. You can see here where the panel rocked back and hit and that's what you would expect to see with original finish. You see wear on the hump, which you would expect to see, both in 9mm. Let's see. Also in 38. Now remember I said they changed it over to in 37. You see that these are blued small parts, look at the trigger and the small parts those are blued, and that saved money. Now we're looking at proof marks that are straight wing 63. And let's look at the magazines. Both of those are straight wing 63. 

 

Do these have matching magazines? 

Do these have matching magazines

This one is a matching magazine, it ends in 54C and here you see 54C. So this is a matching magazine. And I believe the grips match as well. So it's very unusual to see a matching magazine. Definitely all correct, not re-numbered, not faked. This one is all correct. This is a three digit serial number and the magazine is three digit serial number, but it does not match the gun. Let's take a look at the one that does match the gun and you see the blued tube as opposed to the nickeled tube. So right in line with what you would expect in a 1938. Again, import marked but you can't see it. Just the way we like it. 

 

All the guns have been checked

One more Luger. This is a beautiful gun as well, .30 caliber let me show you the difference. I don't like to point it at the camera because I like my camera man and we don't want any accidental shootings. By the way people say you should have checked the guns first. Of course, before we do a video we check these, several people check these couple times each. All these guns have been checked to make sure they're not loaded. But still, we treat them as if they are. 9 mm, 30 caliber, you can see the difference. 

 

The .30 caliber

 

This is a commercial gun. There are no military proofs here. Remember, all the others had military proofs. You see the straw small parts. In fact, it's a beautiful straw color. And this is made by DWM, no date, so this is probably made between the wars sometime in the 20s or 30s. Commercial gun, probably made for export although I don't see a Germany marking on it. You see the halos, this is a really good example of halos, so we know that's original finish and serial number here. Now this should be a wood bottom mag. It should be blank wood bottom blank or wood bottom with Germany written across. Here's a picture of one; but the wood bottom with Germany for some reason this one got swapped out. This is a World War II era, see the blued tube, World War II era, serial numbered but not to this gun. It fits great and by the way, the 9mm and 30 caliber are interchangeable in terms of the magazine and that's just because of the design of the bullet. 

 

9mm vs .30 caliber bullets

9mm vs .30 caliber bullets

Here's a picture of the 30 caliber Luger bullet and you can see it's designed to fit the same magazine. So these are interchangeable even though the projectile itself is 30 caliber. That crown N is a commercial proof. No other markings other than serial numbers and just a beautiful gun. These have been going up in value. They used to not get much respect but lately they've been getting more and more respect. I love the light wood grip with the beautiful darkened blued finish. 

 

Another World War II Era gun

Okay also from Canada I got some modern revolvers. So I'm going to show you this. But before I do, I want to show you one more World War II era gun. And this is a Danish police pistol. It's kind of cool, so come take a look. 

 

A Danish Police Gun

A Danish Police Gun

So this is a correct Danish holster, I know just because I read the books. So I know this is a Danish holster. It actually contains an FN, model 1922 FN. This is an early model made in Belgium, FN factory was in Belgium. But this one went to the Danish police. And the reason we know that is real obvious. It's Queen Wilhelmina, that's her crest, Queen Wilhelmina. They bought these from Belgium, and she wanted to supply her police with this model 1922. They added the lanyard loop because the police liked that, they would hook it to their belt, I guess so they wouldn't drop it. You see the FN logo, it's a blued finish. There are no Nazi proofs. You will see these with wooden grips. Well, here's an example. They come with wooden grips, and they're usually Waffen 140 proofed. That's what makes it a Nazi era pistol because they were assembled during the occupation. This is before the occupation, and again, went to the Danish police. 

 

Probably the GI collaborated with the Nazi's

However, this was picked up by a GI from the United States. Probably it was surrendered. Unfortunately, many of the police stayed on and became what I would say collaborators or friendly with the Nazi occupiers. And they kept their positions by going along and helping to enforce the rules. You see that in the series, a French village on Netflix, you'll see where many of the French police officers cooperated and collaborated with the Germans, they kept their position. So I would imagine when the United States or whoever liberated this part of the country they did collect the guns from the police. So this was collected by a GI. 

 

Look! A Note

Look! A Note

In the holster is this note and again, I think it's kind of cool? This did not come out of Canada, by the way, this came in this week and so I included it. And it's signed by Fred Henson is my best guess, Fred F. Henson. This gun was given to me by the men in my unit service battery, and then it's the 561st Field Artillery Battalion, as a souvenir of our meeting the Russians outside of Berlin, May of 1945. And that was written on stationary from t

 

This could be legit

We also have information about the 561st Field Artillery Battalion, and they actually did go through Belgium and into Germany, and they were there meeting the Russians on in May of 1945. So everything indicates that this is legit, signed by Fred Henson, and that makes us a very cool find. Danish police, Queen Wilhelmina.

 

Grand Finale

Okay. Exciting grand finale. Let's finish up with some modern revolvers. These did come from Canada. And I guess they might have been registered, I'm not sure but nonetheless, they came to the United States. These were not veteran bring backs but these are modern pistols as I've mentioned. 

 

A Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum

 

This is a Smith and Wesson. Let's take a look at it. Beautiful high polish finish. And you'll see the same type of finish with the next one, which is the Colt Python. This is very much like the Colt Python, this is a 357 Magnum, Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum. This gun was made in 1952. And a lot of people don't realize that Smith and Wesson was the first one to come out with the 357 Magnum. And we have sold some, they're the registered magnums, they were the first ones. And again, this is from 1952. And the model is a pre- 27. You can see that it's case hardened on the hammer and the trigger. Both sides are case hardened, beautiful blued and wooden grips. The action on these is very, very smooth. I think the Python is a little bit better, extremely smooth action. And I like to not slam the hammer but on the Python people who shoot both I think the Python is a little bit better. 

 

Lo and Behold, import marks

 

Now the import marks on these, because yes they have to be import marked. Notice there's little bit a row mark there. So this was shot a few times. The roll mark is just where the cylinder rolls and puts that marking there. Now the beauty of this is I couldn't find the import mark. The serial number is here and here, and lo and behold, the import mark is way down inside there, very tiny. You're not going to find it because I couldn't find it, but it is import marked right there and that's the same place where the Python is import marked. 

 

The Colt Python

 

Let me get the Python. Okay, there's a comparison side by side. This one I think was made more in the 60s than the 50s. So this is from the 60s, very similar wooden grip. This obviously will have the Colt stallion on it right here. They don't have the case hardening but they do have a, it might be more of a night blue here. And on top, they always will leave this polished but blued on the top. That's kind of a trademark. And I noticed a difference immediately when I pulled this trigger back. It’s just so smooth it is. It's incredibly smooth. I just can't believe it. There can't be a better made revolver anywhere, although some of you will write to me and tell me there is. I can tell the difference right away. This is just a little bit stiff and jerky, it does not go back smoothly and this one is just unbelievable. 

 

Slight difference between the two

So there's a little bit of the style differences between the two. And the other side you see the Smith and Wesson logo on the frame. Here you see the logo here and then it's marked Python 357 Magnum. So this will be available. We'll sell these, we don't do a lot of modern pistols and actually from the 60s. Certainly it's a collectible gun and in fact, the Python is so collectible and so much in demand that they did a remake in 2020. 

 

The Modern Python

Let me show you one of the more modern replicas of the Python. We happen to have one on the website right now, this came in. This is the box it comes in, it's a plastic kit. Then you open it up and you can see the manual. There's always a lock there, a little bit of free gun oil. I wanted to hold these side by side. 

 

Python 2020 Remake vs the original 

Python 2020 Remake vs the original

So this is the one that is made in in 2020. They sell for a little bit less than the classics. The classics are more collectible and the prices tend to go up. I believe the prices on these will also go up but because they were made in 2020, right now, they do sell for less. It probably is a good investment gun. This one is original nickeled. You can see at the top that the sights are a little bit different, but you see the matte finish on top and that's to cut down on glare when you're aiming, matte finish on top. The action on the remakes, we'll call it the reboot, is just as smooth as the original. These are made to the exact same specifications and this by the way did not come from Canada. This is one we've had for a while, so it didn't come in recently. I just thought it'd be good for you to see the two. 

 

Spot the barcode

Now, the best way to tell which ones are the remakes is first and foremost, the serial number is different, but you also see this barcode. And I've actually seen that on other pistols including military pistols, modern pistols, they add that barcode I assume you can just scan it and get dealer information as well as suggested retail pricing and all that the grips are also a little bit different. So I just thought it'd be interesting to show you the modern remake of the Python versus an original Python. And I have one more revolver to show you. 

 

A Colt from Canada

A Colt from Canada

Okay, this is the last Colt and this one did come from Canada. The box is a little beat up but it does come with the original box I should show you on the bottom. The way they number these and the Python boxes are the same way. They're numbered here in white wax pencil and this matches the gun. So it comes in the original box and this is how the pythons are packed as well. They come in a box that looks like this. Well depending on the year they were made, again, I think this one was made in the 60s or 70s and this is instead of the Python the diamond back. Now the diamond back has little oil on it. You can see the Colt logo, it looks a lot like the Python. You see the top it's got the matte finish it for aiming. This the action is just as smooth, every bit as smooth, just feels incredible. Just love the action. They're considered the snake series. You have the Python you have the diamond back you have the cobra. This one comes in 38 special so and the way you know that is because it says 38 Special. Now because it was a Canadian rescue, again, I'm not sure it was going to be destroyed. 

 

Let's observe the markings

I don't want to exaggerate the problems in Canada, they have things that they need to work out just like we do. But when you open it up, you see the serial number here and here, you'll take my word for it that the serial number here matches the serial number on the box. But also deep down in there in the crevices, you can't find it, there is an import mark. 

 

It hurts the value, but we must comply

So we have saved a lot of lives by import marking these, I'm being sarcastic. I don't understand why the requirement to import mark them, especially on a very collectible gun. It does tend to hurt the value and what they used to do is just stamp it right on the frame and in big letters. We've gotten away from that and be able to comply with the laws, even though we don't agree with them. 

 

What was your favourite?

Okay, that's it for today. Those are all the items that came in. What's my favorite us? Well, of course, from the estate sale party leader PPK I have some cleaning up to do on this one and then we're going to move it on out the door.