MilsurpDan
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Picked this up yesterday at the Gettysburg show. Apparently it recently came out of an estate. I've never dealt with Femaru's much, so it was more of an impluse buy.
Seller had a decent Mannlicher M.88/90 that I missed out on because some guy bought it right after I put it down to look at the Femaru. I put the Femaru down for a second to look at something else, and the same guy ran over and wanted to buy it. I didn't want to get screwed by the same dude twice so I whipped open my wallet and told the dealer it was mine now.
I paid a bit of a premium at $899 plus tax, but I hardly ever see these, especially with the original holster and bringback paperwork. My birthday is coming up too so I figured what the hell, it's only money.
These were Hungarian issued pistols in .380/9mm short. The Germans issued a variant in 7.65mm.
Finish is a tad bit worn (looks better in person than in the pictures). Holster and paperwork are in pretty good shape too. Field stripped it and cleaned out a tiny bit of grime but other than that it's spotless.
Paperwork looks like it has two names on it. One is a "PFC Charlie C. Phillips" which was crossed out and another PFC's name written above it. I can't really make out what the name says though. Paperwork looks to be signed by Captain Robert L. Plank Jr. of what might be the "199th F. FL Bn.". Somebody else might be able to make out the letters better than me though.
When I got home and field stripped it to clean it, I nearly had a heart attack. I saw what appears to be a crack right through the slide rail on the frame above the slide release. I called the dealer (real class act gentleman) and he offered me a full refund. It seemed a bit fishy to me though, so I asked Somd_Mustangs about it. Apparently it's some sort of relief cut to keep it from cracking. Mine was just crudely cut. Needless to say, I will be keeping it.
Let me know what you guys think!
Seller had a decent Mannlicher M.88/90 that I missed out on because some guy bought it right after I put it down to look at the Femaru. I put the Femaru down for a second to look at something else, and the same guy ran over and wanted to buy it. I didn't want to get screwed by the same dude twice so I whipped open my wallet and told the dealer it was mine now.
I paid a bit of a premium at $899 plus tax, but I hardly ever see these, especially with the original holster and bringback paperwork. My birthday is coming up too so I figured what the hell, it's only money.
These were Hungarian issued pistols in .380/9mm short. The Germans issued a variant in 7.65mm.
Finish is a tad bit worn (looks better in person than in the pictures). Holster and paperwork are in pretty good shape too. Field stripped it and cleaned out a tiny bit of grime but other than that it's spotless.
Paperwork looks like it has two names on it. One is a "PFC Charlie C. Phillips" which was crossed out and another PFC's name written above it. I can't really make out what the name says though. Paperwork looks to be signed by Captain Robert L. Plank Jr. of what might be the "199th F. FL Bn.". Somebody else might be able to make out the letters better than me though.
When I got home and field stripped it to clean it, I nearly had a heart attack. I saw what appears to be a crack right through the slide rail on the frame above the slide release. I called the dealer (real class act gentleman) and he offered me a full refund. It seemed a bit fishy to me though, so I asked Somd_Mustangs about it. Apparently it's some sort of relief cut to keep it from cracking. Mine was just crudely cut. Needless to say, I will be keeping it.
Let me know what you guys think!
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