Great post. I love these kind of things, being a late comer to the shooting scene I just grab any knowledge I can on firearms. Both what they look like and the history. Also what's great about this post is it flaunts a little Canadian Pride. Just like the Avro Arrow. Too bad they both got kicked to the curb not long after.
A pair of Inglis Diamonds
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I think the Inglis company still exists under the name Whirlpool Canada, according to wikipedia.
The regular T series and CH series Inglis's are still serving with the Canadian military, including in Afghanistan. These have had an incredibly long service life, most of the ones I've seen in the Army Reserve have been refinished many times but still retain matching numbers.
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FYI, Mackenzie King's gold plated Inglis is in the Canadian War Museum collection.I saw it there during a tour of the vault . Apparently he didn't want it so it sat in a cupboard in JE Hahn's basement shooting range in his house/mansion in Rosedale. It was found there by the Bata [Shoe] family who had bought the property. They donated it to the War Museum.
Thanks again for the kind words guys, good inspiration for me to keep trying to find new stuff, these pistols cost me dearly and I was eating KD for dinner some nights
Pat and Ron thanks for the info and photos of that gold plated Inglis! Very interesting.
I would love to see more Inglis oddities, does anyone have an Inglis with Mandarin writing on the slide? What about 100% intact decals?
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I have one. will snap some pics this weekend.
Excellent diamond Inglis guns, and excellent photography!
I picked up this strip of decals a couple years ago and had them framed. The back side is also sealed, but has a strip of glass to show the maker stamps on back.
And here are my 2 guns, with my home made decal on the left. About as close as I could get with my computer capabilities, and home printer. It's hard to replicate that metallic look.
Hi Koldt,
Thanks for dropping in, that's an EXCELLENT photo of the original and replica decals. I have added it to my library of images for comparison. I have been offered several T series Inglis's with reproduction decals in the past couple years, with the sellers claiming "original" so it's good to be careful and have nice clear photos of each.
Your framed strip of original decals is beautiful.
-Steve
Thanks for dropping in, that's an EXCELLENT photo of the original and replica decals. I have added it to my library of images for comparison. I have been offered several T series Inglis's with reproduction decals in the past couple years, with the sellers claiming "original" so it's good to be careful and have nice clear photos of each.
Your framed strip of original decals is beautiful.
-Steve
The originals have a distinctive "metalic" sheen to the gold area. Unless someone starts to make these on a commercial volume, and machines, I think it would be very difficult to make.
Most of the repros I have seen were peel and stick. I did mine on a water transfer decal, (same as the original) but it is very hard to replicate the original. The repros come off the frame very easily. The originals have been on the guns for many years, and will come off easily but in a "flaking" type manner. Therefore mine is wall mounted, and I don't touch the gun any where near the decal.
I got my avatar photo from the original "photoshop" artwork I did for the decal project, and it looks OK on a screen, but when printing, it's really hard to make the gold shine.
Steve, any time you want to do a photography tutorial, feel free, as your photos are very well done.
Most of the repros I have seen were peel and stick. I did mine on a water transfer decal, (same as the original) but it is very hard to replicate the original. The repros come off the frame very easily. The originals have been on the guns for many years, and will come off easily but in a "flaking" type manner. Therefore mine is wall mounted, and I don't touch the gun any where near the decal.
I got my avatar photo from the original "photoshop" artwork I did for the decal project, and it looks OK on a screen, but when printing, it's really hard to make the gold shine.
Steve, any time you want to do a photography tutorial, feel free, as your photos are very well done.
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Nice to see pics of these handguns. Ganderite was describing them to me, so it's nice to finally see the actual firearms. Congrats on your beautiful purchase!
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Clive Law who wrote the Inglis book lives in Ottawa. I sat beside him at a dinner recently, and he was showing off his newest book. He has a fulltime job and is a modestly prolific publisher. He told that when he was writing the Inglis book he kept asking the Dutch for documents and photos of their Belgian and Canadian High Powers. Finally the defence attache got tired of cooperating, and asked if he'd like one of the real thing. He got 2 pistols from the Dutch and 3 from the New Zealanders.
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HAAA.. I was feeling some Inglis envy as I have a 0T that is unfired.... But I was lucky enough to score not 1 but 2 Inglis Chinese Contract guns... The one is my bucket list.... A Chinese property marked slide....
And as an added bonus.... They had original stocks and the one had 2 matching serial numbered mags....
The only down side is that the Marked slide has a mismatched frame... oh well... cant always eat your cake ....
Now on the hunt for a "diamond"
And as an added bonus.... They had original stocks and the one had 2 matching serial numbered mags....
The only down side is that the Marked slide has a mismatched frame... oh well... cant always eat your cake ....
Now on the hunt for a "diamond"
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Those are absolutely gorgeous!!! I have a couple Hi-Powers but NOTHING LIKE THESE!!!! I would love to ad these to my collection!....? ;-)
Hi DiverDriver,
This is sort of an old thread to bump now but thanks for the compliments.
Both of these guns came from members here on CGN.
Regards,
-Steve
That's a NICE PAIR
Unofficially and secretly, all the Inglis Hi-Power producing machinery "supposedly" went to IOB (Indian Ordnance Board) and they still manufacture their "obscure" "Pistol, Auto 9mm 1A" today with it.
http://www.ofb.gov.in/index.php?wh=home&lang=en
BTW, as suspected since some time, they also likely still manufacture brand new 2A1 rifles - but not at Ishapore, as they kept it's civilian counterpart avaialble for sale...
http://www.ofb.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/5.htm
Unofficially and secretly, all the Inglis Hi-Power producing machinery "supposedly" went to IOB (Indian Ordnance Board) and they still manufacture their "obscure" "Pistol, Auto 9mm 1A" today with it.
http://www.ofb.gov.in/index.php?wh=home&lang=en
BTW, as suspected since some time, they also likely still manufacture brand new 2A1 rifles - but not at Ishapore, as they kept it's civilian counterpart avaialble for sale...
http://www.ofb.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/5.htm
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No problem Steve, I'm kinda on Hi-Power kick lately so I was drooling over yours... They're addictive!
They would be the center piece of anyone's collection for sure.
