Prohibited couple : Bergmann-Bayard 1910 & FN Browning Baby

[bruno38]

The 12(6) classification consists of a pretty large family
How come those two pistols legally share the same bed ?
For your appreciation, fellow members

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[lister]

Wow. Nice.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

ok, i have bergmann envy, i don't have one of those...and thats a NICE one! thanks for sharing!

 

[Chuckbuster]

Yup, history to be burned. Brought to you by the Liberal Party of Canada.

 

[bruno38]

+pics

ok, i have bergmann envy, i don't have one of those...and thats a NICE one! thanks for sharing!

More pictures of B-B (not Baby!) - and more to follow

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[bruno38]

++pics

Details now

Better matching than not matching...

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[redshooter]

Now that's a sweet pair!!! As for the B-B being 12(6), hard to apply logic when your a dirt bag trying to get a few more votes...

 

[sgt.rock]

what caliber does the B.B. shoot? Googlefoo not working today

 

[maxman1]

How come those two pistols legally share the same bed ?

There's no rhyme or reason to the Firearms Act.

 

[bruno38]

what caliber does the B.B. shoot? Googlefoo not working today

9x23mm Bergmann-Bayard Long (or Largo in Spain)

BTW not a Danish or Spanish military contract pistol, although this B-B has a shoulder stock slot in backstrap:

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Interesting ref: http://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/Berg/berg.html

 

[Cocked&Locked]

that's one pistol i've never seen up for sale....i'd love to add one of them to my collection...inevitably one will turn up when i'm broke.....thanks for posting more picks.

 

[Magellann]

what caliber does the B.B. shoot? Googlefoo not working today

Baby Browning is .25

 

[silverfoxdj]

There's no rhyme or reason to the Firearms Act.

Very true..nice guns..

 

[Magellann]

The Bayard resembles a spiffed up C96 to me and the Baby Browning is like a mini Hi Power.

 

[bruno38]

that's one pistol i've never seen up for sale....i'd love to add one of them to my collection...inevitably one will turn up when i'm broke.....thanks for posting more picks.

Here are pictures of the wooden grips (maybe the weakest quality component of the whole pistol)

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[marshall]

These are abut the nices pair I have seen in a long time, I did not remember the grip been that short on the bayard.
Your b fn looks better than a nib one I had; maybe you run a camera better than I do. great pictures.
Marshall

 

[bruno38]

These are abut the nices pair I have seen in a long time, I did not remember the grip been that short on the bayard.
Your b fn looks better than a nib one I had; maybe you run a camera better than I do. great pictures.
Marshall

Other Bayard models (like 1903 or 1910) have larger grips
The Baby is a brand-new unfired 1980's (or so), that's why it looks so nice...

 

[ginseng503]

Very cool Bergmann, Bruno. I'm going to read up on those.

 

[fraserdw]

One was featured in the John Wayne movie, Big Jake if I recall.

 

[One Lung Wonder]

Aaaahhhhhhh. Nice guns, and the photography is pretty good too. There is nothing more relaxing than admiring old guns. What stories do those two have to tell?

I might be having a brainfart but a hundred years ago there was an outfit called S.I.R. Mail Order and you could buy guns like those by the bushel! They had some old Steyr pistols once that looked much like yours and I was going to buy one ... but ya know how that goes: life intervened, I said I would get one later...and 'later' never happened.

When I retire and retreat to the gun club to harass the other seniors there will be a mandatory yearly 'Curio & Relic Shoot' for all members. I will go and confiscate the entire shop at Milarm (including their first rate museum) and plunk it down on the range for the event. Hmpfff - what are the chances of a range report Bruno? Can you shoot them for us?