Inglis HP CH contract question

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I recently ran across an Inglis with CH serial number being offered at an online auction. Here's part of the description. "Very good as enameled by the Dutch Navy for corrosion resistant purposes. Stock remains in near excellent condition with only slight handling marks, and small oval-shaped proofmarks to comb area. Gray enameled magazine remains in excellent condition and is marked to match pistol."

I have a nice old CH Inglis with stock/holster and none of that statement sounds true to me. Perhaps someone on this forum will have some explanations for what was written.

1) I was not aware the CH guns were made for the Dutch. Or, is this where the Dutch obtained these from other than the factory and simply enameled them on their own?
2) What "oval-shaped proofmarks" could they be referencing?
3) "Enameled" magazine??? Something I've never seen. Perhaps again something the Dutch did on their own?

Anyone?

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Like this one?

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This is an Inglis sold post-war to Belguim, to rearm thier forces, and refinished there. The finish is a teflon coating.
I'm not sure if the Dutch did the same (they did get some Inglis HPs IIRC), I don't have my Clive Law book handy to check.
 
Sorry, canuck. Haven't a clue! I don't remember doing more than glancing at the small photo. Wasn't real interested as I've got all of 'em I need, and ONLY collect .22rf single-shots made in US and Canada now. Reason I keep the Inglis is that it was a Valentine Day gift, with stock/holster, from my wife.

I was just reading its description out of curiosity and it threw me off to read DUTCH in connection with what I thought was an exclusively Canada/China firearm. Had no idea the Dutch were involved.

Here's photo of my rig, which looks a lot like the one you've pictured. Mine is more of a parkerized gray than OD.

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After the war Belgium and the Netherlands were both given military aid in the form of Canadian weapons. Most were the fixed-sight pistols but some Chinese-type ones crept in as well.
 
Many thanks Mk VII. So that's how they ended up in the hands of the Dutch. The rest of the story is as the seller told us, they finished them in that manner to retard corrosion. Surely had me wondering.

When all else fails, ask a CGN member.

Now if I could just find someone up there who could add some more info on my single-shot Tobin .22rf from Woodstock, Ontario.....

Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser
 
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As MkVII indicates, most of the 10,000 ( :eek: ) Inglis pistols supplied in 1946 by Canada to the Netherlands were the fixed rear sight "No. 2" version.

For all intents and purposes the post-war Royal Netherlands Army was equipped entirely with Canadian arms and equipment. This photo (which appears in Clive Law's "Inglis Diamond") is not, as it might first appear, a wartime picture of Canadian soldiers .... it is actually Dutch infantrymen on exercise in 1948!

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On the other hand most, if not all, of the nearly1,600 Inglis Pistols given as similar aid to Belgium in 1950 were the adjustable rear sight No. 1 version (i.e. the "Chinese model"). Canada (and also the UK) had ended up with quite a few of this version in service during the war, diverted to their use when it proved impossible at first to get the pistols delivered to the Chinese. By 1950, it was Canada's policy when giving such aid to divest itself of the "non-standard" No. 1 pistols.

The example of a No. 1 pistol in my collection is one of the pistols sent to Belgium. It has the fairly unusual distinction of being marked with a good-sized C-broad arrow on the left side of the slide toward the rear ..... so it was definitely in Canadian service at some time ..... yet it was safely in Belgium when all remaining No. 1 pistols in Canadian service were converted to No. 2 specifications (during the 1960's, I believe) by milling off the base of the adjustable rear sight and attaching a No. 2-configuration fixed rear sight in its place ..... so my "Canadian-issue" No. 1 pistol escaped that process. I'm glad it is in my collection ....

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