These are very neat guns, and I would recommend Kern’s book to anyone who is seriously interested in them. I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a mismatched one here in the states. I’ve heard of one that was missing it’s bolt, and later heard that one had been located, but it’s still unusual.
Despite a million sources saying so, I have very serious doubts that 15,000 were made. Ive not seen one with a serial number over 10,000 (“a” block guns) and yet we are to believe that they were made and that every one of the subsequent 5,000 were destroyed? Not likely. I’ve read of A block guns, and would love to be proven wrong. Where are they?
Despite a million sources saying so, I have very serious doubts that 15,000 were made. Ive not seen one with a serial number over 10,000 (“a” block guns) and yet we are to believe that they were made and that every one of the subsequent 5,000 were destroyed? Not likely. I’ve read of A block guns, and would love to be proven wrong. Where are they?