Inglis oddball please help evaluate!

handofzeus said:
Would love any exerpts from the Clive M. Law book in regard to the conversion back to no. 2 configuration. I tried to contact him and found that he passed away in 2017.
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I'd be happy to check but unfortunately I'm a few provinces away from my library.
 
handofzeus said:
Hah!! That's what I originally thought, then I figured you were getting on me for being lazy and analog in this digital world. Thanks in advance for any info BTW.
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If I had Inglis Diamond available digitally, then we wouldn't be in this pickle. Be a lot easier if that information was on the internet and easily searchable. Anyway, I'm pretty sure it has pics of the conversion. Maybe I'm making that up but I've seen them and I don't know where else it would have been.

It's about what you'd imagine though; machine a rectangular slot in the slide and press in a new piece with the sight. Not too much to it.
 
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canuck said:
Best I can do....
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Awesome, thanks. Glad to know I wasn't making it up.

Amazing if it was only 200 how often you seem to some across them - I've seen a half dozen still in service at least, maybe more.
 
In addition to pistols being reworked, I wonder if perhaps slides were altered to be available as replacements.
 
tiriaq said:
In addition to pistols being reworked, I wonder if perhaps slides were altered to be available as replacements.
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The concerted effort Clive mentions might have extended to stripping the old parts off, and warehousing them. The armourers have always known the value of keeping useful parts if there are large enough quantities. That is to say the men at the workbench, not necessarily those higher than them.

I was at Clive's house for a fun get together the summer before he had a stroke. It was very unexpected but he did not suffer. His son Richard wrapped up the business and sold it to a Toronto dealer/publisher. One story Clive told me which now rings true. If someone has one of the pieces illustrated in his book, those guns now carry a premium value - its the one in The Book.
 
You’re welcome.
I’ve got several of Clive’s books - they are very interesting and informative, I highly recommend them.
I never spoke to Clive in person but we had several email conversations and he graciously provided some very interesting information on a couple of Inglis pistols I have, I am very appreciative of that.
 
I heard some criticism here regarding the 'Chinese' tangent sights. Worst sights, etc. Leaving aside the hurtful, racially charged rhetoric: let me ask you, what other 9mm can deliver devastating and highly accurate fire out to 500m?

I not proud to admit it, but I took down a bovine spongiform encephalitis cow the other day at 450m (unconfirmed). In cross winds. And only took 4 magazines of semi-indirect fire.

No other handgun on the new or antique market offers this.

Dueodde.
 
Very interesting transition from a decent mod shooter Inglis question to the timely employment of the remaining pistols into inventory by CAO.
Only 200 converted as claimed by the book notation? Might this be similar to the “double date stamped” German Lugers?

I have never seen one of these “special” re-formatted Chinese contract leftovers come up for sale on the EE. Perhaps someone on this site has one for “show & tell.” These pistols should attract extra vale too.

Question to the original poster: are the mods on your CH auto modelled after the CAO conversions or just a coincidence?
 
Dueodde said:
I heard some criticism here regarding the 'Chinese' tangent sights. Worst sights, etc. Leaving aside the hurtful, racially charged rhetoric: let me ask you, what other 9mm can deliver devastating and highly accurate fire out to 500m?

I not proud to admit it, but I took down a bovine spongiform encephalitis cow the other day at 450m (unconfirmed). In cross winds. And only took 4 magazines of semi-indirect fire.

No other handgun on the new or antique market offers this.

Dueodde.
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I don't think "devastating and highly accurate fire out to 500m" and " And only took 4 magazines of semi-indirect fire." are the same thing? You didn't have a rifle lying around?
 
Dueodde said:
I heard some criticism here regarding the 'Chinese' tangent sights. Worst sights, etc. Leaving aside the hurtful, racially charged rhetoric: let me ask you, what other 9mm can deliver devastating and highly accurate fire out to 500m?
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Mauser C96.
 
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