sapere.aude
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Hello All,
I was wondering if anyone can tell by the following pictures whether the pistol is Egyptian military surplus or not. I was asked by a fellow worker to check out a pistol that his father used to shoot and what he gave me was the one in the pictures.
After breaking it down it was obvious that it has had many many rounds through it. The locking block looks near perfect though and the slide looks good internally as well. I did find some peening on the frame in the locking block area in the center but very minor. The hammer face has a definitive recessed dimple from firing pin strikes. Barrel has the usual slide wear.
I did a field strip and also pulled off the grips but could find no stamps or manufacturer markings anywhere on the frame or slide, inside or out other than what is shown in the pics. N.A. RDGFLD. N.J. on lower front portion of the frame left side and 1C12 above the trigger left side. The slide has NO markings on either side and you can definitely see a difference in bluing color where the heat treated area would be for the locking block I believe. I'm thinking maybe someone "sanitized" the markings that were on the slide.
On the barrel there are stamped Arabic numerals. I believe it's "087". Also some parts have two dots...." . . " stamped on them like in the pics. Are these a type of proof mark?
After reading other posts on this forum I deduced it was an import from Navy Arms. Other than that I don't know.
Any help or info is greatly appreciated...! Thank you...
I was wondering if anyone can tell by the following pictures whether the pistol is Egyptian military surplus or not. I was asked by a fellow worker to check out a pistol that his father used to shoot and what he gave me was the one in the pictures.
After breaking it down it was obvious that it has had many many rounds through it. The locking block looks near perfect though and the slide looks good internally as well. I did find some peening on the frame in the locking block area in the center but very minor. The hammer face has a definitive recessed dimple from firing pin strikes. Barrel has the usual slide wear.
I did a field strip and also pulled off the grips but could find no stamps or manufacturer markings anywhere on the frame or slide, inside or out other than what is shown in the pics. N.A. RDGFLD. N.J. on lower front portion of the frame left side and 1C12 above the trigger left side. The slide has NO markings on either side and you can definitely see a difference in bluing color where the heat treated area would be for the locking block I believe. I'm thinking maybe someone "sanitized" the markings that were on the slide.
On the barrel there are stamped Arabic numerals. I believe it's "087". Also some parts have two dots...." . . " stamped on them like in the pics. Are these a type of proof mark?
After reading other posts on this forum I deduced it was an import from Navy Arms. Other than that I don't know.
Any help or info is greatly appreciated...! Thank you...
We had a long discussion regarding getting a modern 9mm. I have plenty of Glocks, HK's, Sigs and even a Les Baer Supertack for him to shoot to help him decide.
