Inglis HP - lunch box special

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Horilka

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What do you think about lunch box specials? I heard different opinions ranging from "they don't exist, no Canadian worker stole any single screw from the factory" to "there are many of them around and they are not collectible". What do you say?

№1 Mk1 as I understand. Very clean example, escaped from serializing and cutting the slot for stock.


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They do exist, when Para was in Scarborough years ago, they had a problem with an employee, or employees taking parts out of the plant and selling guns on the street. They eventually got caught.
 
Nice pistol & I have one, mint and unfired. Don't know the history but I do have it again. I did sell it to an older gentleman who told me he was given one exactly like it from his neighbour when he was young (13-14) for money owed on chores done but his parents made him give it back. This is all just here say but that's what he told me, made me soft and I let him have it. I had the chance to buy it back & I jumped all over it.



 
live4therut said:
Idea is it left in a "lunchbox" stolen from factory before serialized or some before parkerization was done and those examples are all in the white. There are different variations as some left in pieces and built at home.
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Thanks for the clarification! " In the white", does that mean bare steel? So how were these guns registered legally? I assume if they were stolen before serialization, they weren't meant for regular folks!
 
Well, when it came to register handguns they had to go through "verifiers". In my case verifier came up with and stamped serial on the bottom of the handle. Very discreet. I saw one "lunch box special" with three-digit serial stamped in the same places as factory would have stamped.
 
Nice lunchbox guns!

As gaff says, I would definitely stay away from a refinished example.

It's strange how many of these exist, I guess a lot of them left the factory or perhaps some were sold off as surplus. I've heard many rumours but few confirmed stories.

OP: I'm not sure why anyone would say these aren't collectible. Maybe they aren't as rare or desirable as some factory variations but I feel legitimate examples have a place in any Inglis collection.

Regards,
-Steve
 
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How do you mean "refinished"? Does it suggest "refinished to hide the traces of finish defects after removing serial number"? How would refinished one would look like? Blued or polished?
 
I remember a reference in a book 1975ish that a number of unmarked guns were used by camp X some had Nazi marks put on to help with a cover, or were un marked to avoid traceability. plus how many 100's were stolen. wonder how many lunch box bren guns are out there?
 
They absolutely exist. Used to shoot with a guy who found one in a house he lived in. literally, up the street from the Inglis plant in TO. Took it to the TO cops and waited. Eventually got a call to come get it. It's how he got into shooting.
Not all tangent sighted BHP's had the stock slot, as I recall. Serial numbered for sure. Thought the finish was only grey though.
 
Examined a LB 1945 #4 with no serial number. Owner had worked at SAL and it followed him home as the plant was closing.
 
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