What have I got here?

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Obviously a BHP, but some odd things about it.

- has all the eagle acceptance marks in the right place, but very weak
- serial is suffixed with a letter, can't find any reference for that! and it looks like it was added later [kind of]
- frame is only proofed in one spot and says "MR" not E HK like it should [??]
- plastic grips, not wood.

I was trying to verify the caliber its in [as it's not marked] ~ assuming 9mm Para/Luger

Neat gun, any idea as to the date it was made? [well, with the German acceptance marks, does kinda narrow it down:)]

-thanks
-sean

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WWII German production when they took over the plant. If you go down to the Thread Femaru JHV43 , there are more examples.
 
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This is a very nice Browning 9 mm Parabellum, made by FN when the German take over Belgium as gaff already mentioned. We have two 9 mm like this one in the Museum's collection and yours look very fine. You did get a nice gun! Congrats... sadly, I will never get one like this with the rules and regulations. The weird thing is we still use it as side arm in the Canadian Forces. Identical same model except the grip is in black colour.

Enjoy it,

Martin
 
Martin , you can buy these they are not prohibited, also they are not the same as the Canadian ones ,even though they appear the same. there are some differences.
 
Not prohibited?! I will have to review all these rules because I'm totally lost! So hand guns and few long rifles are restreint? So we can have restreint guns but no more prohibited? Is that right? I just received my brand new acquisition permit today, so I have to verify all the regulation. I'm still thinking to ask for a collector's permit... for what it gives!

Martin
 
Pretty sure you have to have your prohib PAL to collect them:

To acquire firearms, other than antiques, for a collection individuals must be at least 18 years old and have a Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) for the class or classes of firearms they are collecting.
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If you ran a museum, I ~think~ it might be a different story... but if it were as easy as saying "I'm a collector of prohibited firearms", I think we would all have done that long ago :(


So I checked out the thread, I knew it was German[ish]

but any ideas what the year might be? what about the different markings.

[and sorry, I didn't mention, it's not for sale ;) ]
 
Here's some good information from my post when I got mine.

''WaA 613 = The very first Hi-Powers with the slotted shoulder stock cut and the tangent rear sight will be marked with the Waffenamt stamp WaA 613 and were manufactured from from May 1940 until early in 1941 with a serial number range of 44,500 through 65,200.

WaA 103 = The next group of Hi-Powers were made from January of 1941 until May of 1942 and will be marked with the Waffenamt stamp WaA 103. Some reports claim that the WaA 103 marked Hi-Powers were only made during 1941 so the research is still ongoing. These pistols will be found with the tangent rear sight but no shoulder stock slot. They fall into the serial number range of 65,200 to 95,000.

WaA 140 = The third and final German WWII era made Hi-Powers will be found with the Waffenamt stamp WaA 140. These WaA 140 stamped pistols were manufactured from late 1941 until the liberation of the FN plant in Belgium in 1944. None of these pistols will have the shoulder stock slot, but the early made examples in the serial number range of 95,000 to 135,000 will have the tangent rear sight. When the tangent rear sight was removed, the Germans replaced it with a fixed rear sight that was drift adjustable for windage only. It appears that the first of these WaA 140 marked fixed rear sight pistols begin at around the serial number of 150,000 which leaves a gap in the serial number range between the tangent and fixed sight WaA 140 marked pistols. The fixed sight WaA 140 marked pistols continued until around serial number 200,000 which dates them toward the end of 1942. At the beginning of 1943, a new serial code numbering system is used which began at number 01a until number 99999a was reached. Then at the beginning of 1944 the serial number 01b began and continues to about 6300b, at which time German production ceased due to the liberation of the FN factory. All of the letter suffixed serial numbered pistols will be found with the fixed rear sight.''

Some more good posts on these...

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...-P35-Vet-Bring-Back?highlight=nazi+high+power

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...-marked-High-Powers?highlight=nazi+high+power

Cheers,

Ian
 
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Not prohibited?! I will have to review all these rules because I'm totally lost! So hand guns and few long rifles are restreint? So we can have restreint guns but no more prohibited? Is that right? I just received my brand new acquisition permit today, so I have to verify all the regulation. I'm still thinking to ask for a collector's permit... for what it gives!

Martin
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To clarify, what country do you live in?
If Canada, you need to get a PAL that is upgraded to include the "Restricted" category (along with an additional test and fee).
 
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