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Dear collector-friends, first many thanks for your hints. I already asked FN, later I contacted wet dog publications, which are publishing a from my point of view very nice FN history-book. Then of course Parker-Hale and than the Birmingham proof-house. Basically no further informations, its...

Dear collector-colleagues, here is the already flewn correspondence added, in which the German collector describes the rifle more precisely. Hope, that it might bring some light in the mystery. Please excuse the little bit bumpy english..... The factory-legend on the left side of the...

All kinds of guns have Birmingham proofs, for reasons much less romantic than the picture you've painted....anything that ever went through one of the big arms houses there has them. They are not indicative of period. By way of example, almost all of the Dutch AR-10 material that came to North...

Thanks so much guys. I'm gonna attempt to put my friend on the line here since he is much better equipped to discuss this that I.

Yes, stumped by that. The rifle was made by FN, it's an FN24, but the receiver ring markings obviously don't reflect that.

The owner of this rifle is a VERY advanced collector of Mauser rifles in Europe, and yet he is stumped on this one.....

Old thread, I know...... A guy had a complete set on Gunbroker @ $1800 with no takers, a while later a different seller had the same up for $1500 and it sold. Saw a .22 conversion go for $200+. So it would appear that you can get a .32 for $400 or so, the moment you have more than one caliber...

Old thread but I'm gonna revive it. I'm a big believer in consistency. Like many, started out on a M1911A1 in the Army, and the first handgun I ever owned was a Browning Hi-Power. I like and believe in thumb safeties. For me one of the big pluses about the Makarov is that the safety, although...