GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
PROTOTYPE DREYSE M1910 ARMEEPISTOLE, SEMI-LOCKED BREECH, IN THE WHITE, 9MM PARABELLUM. DREYSE M1910 ARMEEPISTOLE PARABELLUM 7B 9MM MODERN; IMPORT Cal. 9mm Parabellum. Experimental 9MMP Dreyse, M1910 Armeepistole with semi-locked breech, with 5-1/2" bbl having fixed front and rear sight. The gun is in the white and entirely unmarked except for "7B" that was applied to the left frame, just above the trigger guard cutout, for purpose of importation. The pistol has a semi-locked breech having a spring loaded wedge cam. To retract the slide, the checkered, levered slide extension must be raised against the tensioning spring on top of the slide, and then withdrawn. Recoil spring is very stiff as normal simple blow-back Armeepistols. Safety lever & operation are as per the standard pistols. Hard rubber grips have an encircled "RMF" (Rheinische Metallwaaren-& MaschinenFabrik) logo over bordered checkering. Missing magazine. PROVENANCE: Illustrated TBLAP. Ex Dinely collection. Collection of Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess. CONDITION: This in-the-white example, with noticeable machine marks, is mildly greyed and stained. Excellent grips with negligible wear. Bright bore with strong rifling. Perfect manual mechanics. An extremely unusual gun; the cataloger is not aware of any finished examples. 43475-328 LMA94 (9,000-15,000)