mawkie
C&R Whisperer
-Accessories are cat nip to me. A good holster or lanyard find makes my day. So when I spied this box up on Proxibid it had to be mine. Luckily all it took was about $37.50 with shipping.
-What got me so torqued up is an original pre-WW2 vintage box with instruction sheet for the H&R Self Loading Pistol in 7.65mm. This pistol, along with its little 6.35mm brother, was designed by William Whiting of Webley. He did all the major auto loaders for Webley in the years leading up to and immediately preceding WWI. H&R licensed the design which differed from Webleys 1908 7.65mm pistol by use of a striker, doing away with the exposed hammer and employing a grip safety.
-H&R built approx. 35-40k of these pistols from 1916 to 1924 and as slow sellers inventory wasn't depleted until the 30's. The inside of the box has a price of $16.50 marked in pencil and that sounds about right for the era. My .32 SL was built towards the end of 1921, one of around 4500 made that year.
-What got me so torqued up is an original pre-WW2 vintage box with instruction sheet for the H&R Self Loading Pistol in 7.65mm. This pistol, along with its little 6.35mm brother, was designed by William Whiting of Webley. He did all the major auto loaders for Webley in the years leading up to and immediately preceding WWI. H&R licensed the design which differed from Webleys 1908 7.65mm pistol by use of a striker, doing away with the exposed hammer and employing a grip safety.
-H&R built approx. 35-40k of these pistols from 1916 to 1924 and as slow sellers inventory wasn't depleted until the 30's. The inside of the box has a price of $16.50 marked in pencil and that sounds about right for the era. My .32 SL was built towards the end of 1921, one of around 4500 made that year.
