Hey, that looks like mine.
Wayne Novak did this one up for me.
Wayne did this one too:
I like Smiths. What can I say.
Kiowa pilot turned Hooker.
I just picked up this Finnish M23 Luger. The Finns bought these from Germany in 1923, originally in .30 Luger, and then rebarrelled them. This thing probably saw action in both the 1939-1940 Winter War and the 1941-44 Continuation War with the Soviet Union.
This is a non matching pistol. Tikka barrel, which is appx. 5" vs. a P08 4". The front sight is more like a target pistol sight, almost looks like it's off of a M39 rifle. It works well though.
Bore condition is very good, no pitting or frosting that I can see.
The pistol has been reblued, I'm assuming by the FDF because it matches the M39 finish. There is light pitting under the reblue around the grip area, which I expected in a service pistol like this.
I test fired it at the range I used to transfer it. Damn thing shoots like a house a' fire!!
If I load 5 rounds in the mag, it functions 100%. When I load to 7, it will sometimes fail to feed. I have some other Finn mags coming and I'll thoroughly degrease and clean the pistol and mag as well.
My only bitch about the gun is on the left side of the barrel, there is some blue taken off recently, probably in shipping over here. I can live with it. I could live with it more if it were honest holster wear, but oh well, it's a surplus military firearm, not a pristine safe queen.
I'm also happy with how they stamped it for importation. Right side of the frame, very inconspicuous.
Toggle is marked DWM.
I'm pretty stoked about this thing. I'm going to shoot IDPA with it :twisted: .
I've got a little bit of 1959 dated Lapua 9mm Parabellum, which is loaded in the mag.
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Very nice. Can't say enough good things about those Finns, can we?Originally Posted by Templar
-Boris
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25 mountain gun smith 45 colt.
Beretta Stampeed 45 colt.
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Hamitlon Bowen 5 shot 45 colt.
Kentucky pistol
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Armorer for AR15, 1911, Glocks and Remington 870 shotguns.
Good to see Brad @ CCR getting work done from some of you guys, here is my "Jack Bauer pistol" he did for me (Sig P228):
Couple others:
YO-BO 1* Enhanced Colt 70 Series...
Lipsey's Ruger MKII with Volquartsen sear, trigger and extractor.
One I put together for my girls...a Ruger MKII with TacSol upper and grips, and Volquartsen sear, trigger and extractor.
A few more...need to clean up the memory card and I'll take some more...
A pair of Bulgarian Makarovs:
P220 Carry DAK
P220 Stainless Carry Elite
Model 39-2
SA 1911
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