Attic find German Hi Power

Nyles

Nyles

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Recently came to me by way of a family friend - one of his acquaintances found this in an attic and had to be talked out of throwing it in the river! It's a matching WaA 140 German occupation Hi Power - the pitting definitely looks like it spent a few decades in an attic, but underneath the finish is quite decent and the bore is sharp and shiny! My assumption is that it was a vet bring back that got put away and forgot about, maybe even since the end of the war. It's currently in the process of being registered, although I spent a somewhat frustrating half hour on the phone with the CFC yesterday while the guy tried to figure out which FRT number to use.

Overall its definitely not the nicest German Hi Power out there, but you have to love the story!

 
And all I found in my house was a, I think, .40 cartridge under the electric baseboard heater and a mouse trap in the basement ceiling with a little teeny weenie vertebra in it.
 
Cool find, I'm jealous. I sometimes wonder how many (thousands?) of war trophies are hidden away across the country. How many been lost to tear-downs and panic relatives deep-sixing or turned in when found.
 
Very nice find Nyles and far better to see it survive and be appreciated then seeing it "swim with the fishes". Do not sweat the pitting as that is now part of that guns history, it would be nice without pitting, but it is what it is.
 
I didn't think they'd register it if you didn't have the old brown or green reg. card. No hassles?
 
It's actually the second restricted I've brought in from the cold, so to speak. No hassles unless it WAS previously registered, in which case they want to know that it wasn't stolen. They WANT you to make them legal.
 
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Yes, to me that would make more sense, but I've heard so many different stories, from having to turn in for destruction to no problems.
Cheers, and very nice find!
 
I also had a German pistol come to me through odd channels involving a death. It turned out to be registered but last activity was in the late 50s! So after a fair bit of hassle and some stress it was registered to me. As Nyles said, they would rather you register them then keep it quiet.

Nice find. All matching? Maybe not the cleanest but I bet the price was right and it has a neat story!
 
In the 50's we could buy those for $25. I saved money and bought a 25ACP pocket pistol for $19.

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I knew an old timer who had a choice Colt 7.5" SAA in .45 that was unpapered. He was nervous about it and took the ferry to Victoria one day, chucking it overboard. I cried when he told me ....

XRCD011 said:
Very nice find Nyles and far better to see it survive and be appreciated then seeing it "swim with the fishes". Do not sweat the pitting as that is now part of that guns history, it would be nice without pitting, but it is what it is.
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