Looking for info on Unique Corsair D-3

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My Grandfather is giving me an old pistol he bought in the 70's. It's a Unique Corsair D-3 .22LR semi auto with a 10 round magazine. I know these were made in the 1950's. I don't have the pistol yet as I am waiting for the transfer to go through but thought I would see if anyone knows anything about these. I have scoured the web and not been able to find much besides a place in the states that sells parts. Other than that I don't know anything about them. Are they accurate, reliable, good, junk? And what would the value of one be? I know condition is everything but I am just looking for a ballpark number.

I'll post pics when I am able to pick up the pistol from my grandfathers house.

Cheers!

EvilGrin
 
Hello,
I've just got my DES/69, didn't have a chance to shoot it yet.
Could you share with me that place for parts ?
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Thanks
 
ht tp://www.gun-parts.com/unique/

I have no idea if they ship to Canada or not. But apparently they bought up all the factory parts when Unique went out of business.
 
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anything on Unique is hard to find. a fine French gun maker that has long since quit making pistols and rifles. they made rifles also which are very well made in everyway.
 
I don't really know much. I collect handguns, but not these. Manufature d'Ames d'Pyrenees (MAPF - please excuse my poor attempt at French spelling) was a prolific handgun manufacturer that made Unique pistols of one sort or another from about 1930 to about 1990. During WWII some of their handguns were secondary arms for the ocuupying Germans. The "Corsair" was the post-war name given to their .22 pistols built for export to North America. They were relatively inexpensive and sold by Sears in the 1950s. The manufacturing quality was good. They're nicely built .22s in different barrel lengths, indicated by the "D number", and I can't remember what "D-3" indicates, but it sounds like it's a "middle-of-the-road" length. You might find more on the French Gunboard. Parts for these pistols will be hard to find in North America, and while some of the US companies won't send any parts to Canada, there are others that will. But you'll need to search. The "D" pistols were not meant to be target arms, but were good quality plinkers.
 
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