Chinese Type 51 Pistol

[The_Red_Rabbit]

Picked this Type 51 from Epps today. Initially I thought it was a mistake but it was actually a Type 51 made in 1952 and not a Type 54.

https://ellwoodepps.com/catalog/pro...se-state-arsenals-type-51-tokarev/category/5/

Has Canada ever imported these?

From what I can see from Google, about 250 000 were made prior to the Type 54s.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[WobblyHead]

The main difference are cosmetic so I doubt any normal warehouse or exporter would really know or care. It's very similar to Lee Enfields stores like Eaton's and Sears in the fifties just bought up surplus stock rifles and sold them cheap they didn't bother checking if they were rare varients as they weren't bothered when they bought them. I suspect the importer did the same with the pistols.

 

[Curtton]

You paid $500?