Cocked&Locked
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- S. Ontario
Hey, Thanks again for the input guys.
The pistols #'s all match & the stock is also #'s matching the pistol, stamped right into the hinge for the lid of the holster/buttstock. The way it fits the pistol & the wear on both the pistol & the holster would suggest they've been together from the start.
Even the little case has the same S.N. stamped into it
(& it looks like machine stamping).
The pistol is stamped;
FABRIQUE NATIONAL, BROWNING, HERSTAL BELGIQUE, Pat. John Inglis, BROWNING HIGH POWER 9mm, SA LTD 1944
& the S.N. # is 42,8XX so pretty low on the manufacturing ladder too. And that's the whole S.N. there are no letters anywhere near the S.N.
The finish is blued, with no signs of re-finishing ( a couple light scratches through the bluing show bare metal, so no sign of parkerizing either ). The S.N etc. are all dark in colour & to the best of my friends memory, the pistol is said to have had the wooden grips from day 1 & they do look like they belong to it by the wear & fit of them.
If any of that helps.
As to the fella who owned it from the start, I'm not sure what his rank was, I'll have to look into that more. It may be an odd ball or one that just "walked of thhe assem line, this is going to take a bit of research but I think I'm going to make my buddy an offer either way since this thing is pretty sweet.
Thanks again for the input.
could be a gun that walked off the line in the white and was blued by a gunsmith later. Would have had a serial # added to register it. that would explain a stamped number. Yeah, if you could get a good price for it , it's a neat unit. Not a collector unit, but a nice pistol. The box is a home job, and the number was probably stamped into it by the owner. Still a fun unit. Probably a 800- 1000 would be a good price, it's not worth more unless you can get a solid history/provenance with it.
