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All this liberal BS reminded me of this old deactivated pistol dad had stored away. I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me identify it.

The name of the manufacturer is really hard to see but from what i can make of it, it says

Manufacture d'armes des pyperres hendaye

Above this in much bigger writing is

7,65 court 9 cou?? "unique"

The end of the second word was cut out by whoever chopped the top of the barrel. It also has a stamp on the right hand side that looks like -( only vertical.

Some Pics, all thumbnails, click to enlarge:

You can see the Marking, as well as the emblem on the grips.


Here are the Stamps on the left side of the slider.

 
"Manufacture d'armes des pyperres hendaye" Name of the Manufacturer. They made low end small calibre pistols before and during W.W. II.
French. .32 APC. 9 shots. Model 17 Unique.
There's some good info here.
http://www.armscollectors.com/ph/read.php?f=9&i=18&t=18
You may want to closely examine the frame. If it's in ok shape, you're in possession of a prohibited firearm. Despite the cutting and slashing that has been done to the slide.
 
i'm using a Fujifilm Finepix A120 3.1MP camera. nothing special but it can take real sharp pix :D.

And aside from the chop in the barrel, the firing pin has been taken out, and a hole has been drilled down into the gun right in front of the rear sight. with the hammer back you can look down and out the end of the barrel. I'm pretty sure somebody deactivated it for one reason or another.

And thanks for the quick response, i was just curious as to what it was.
 
kolik1 said:
i'm using a Fujifilm Finepix A120 3.1MP camera. nothing special but it can take real sharp pix :D.

And aside from the chop in the barrel, the firing pin has been taken out, and a hole has been drilled down into the gun right in front of the rear sight. with the hammer back you can look down and out the end of the barrel. I'm pretty sure somebody deactivated it for one reason or another.

And thanks for the quick response, i was just curious as to what it was.
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The frame is considered the firearm, if it hasn't been de-milled I'd be careful showing it around......
 
sunray said:
"Manufacture d'armes des pyperres hendaye" Name of the Manufacturer. They made low end small calibre pistols before and during W.W. II.
French. .32 APC. 9 shots. Model 17 Unique.
There's some good info here.
http://www.armscollectors.com/ph/read.php?f=9&i=18&t=18
You may want to closely examine the frame. If it's in ok shape, you're in possession of a prohibited firearm. Despite the cutting and slashing that has been done to the slide.
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It's "Manufacture d'armes des Pyrénées - Hendaye"
If I recall well, they manufactured a 22 target model that was very good.
It was a French government owned armory situated in a very nice little town, Hendaye. It's on the Atlantic coast, in French "Pays Basque", near the Spanish border. Very nice place.
My family used to go there during the summer holidays.:)
Your pistol could have been manufactured between the two wars.
PP.
 
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Hitzy said:
The frame is considered the firearm, if it hasn't been de-milled I'd be careful showing it around......
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Very correct. While your pistol isn't functional as it sits, it looks like it could be made to fire by the mere replacement of parts.
Current guidelines are that you should weld the mag platform to zero rounds, and weld the magazine in to the frame. One decent way to do this is to remove the grips and weld the mag in under there, then grind fairly flush and replace the grips. Then, you have to make a weld so the slide won't come off the frame. Something as simple as welding the takedown pin will suffice, or you can get more intricate and #### the slide back, and weld some of the groove where the frame rides in. Prior to this, remove some of the frame rail to the corresponding amount. This will allow the gun to still ####, but you won't be able to remove the slide.
The gun shouldn't be able to chamber a round either, so it might be a good idea to weld up the chamber of the barrel.

Since the gun isn't presently registered, you don't have to notify anyone of the (improved) deactivation. I have seen many WW2 dewats, which, while they may have met the standards 50 years ago, come nowhere near todays guidelines. And while you don't have to continually improve the deactivation level as the government decides they want more, nor should you have a unaltered prohib frame either.
 
Tig

If you happen to live relatively near me I can go to your place and TIG weld your pistol to the current standard. GTAW welds are me most precise and small weldments that can be applied to your pistol. I hate to weld guns, it really make me sick, but in that case I prefer helping you keeping your gun by welding it...
Regards,
Eric
 
Unique

Pretty sure you have a unique model51 these are wonderful little 32acp, I also have one but received a letter yesterday saying its now illegal what do I do??:mad:
 
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