Favorite BFPU/worn out

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TxFlyFish

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What's your favorite semi with that battle field pick up worn out look? (Maybe it is a real bfpu!)

I have an old and weary beretta 92 with nearly smooth bore and super worn out locking block. But man I can't resist those wear marks and just marvel at how it was like to shoot it back then. It looks so much better than even early 92f and 92fs without billboards. I could drop in a replacement kit but keep putting it off
 
Pics!

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I like the well-worn look on most semi-autos -- I just don't have any that really fit the bill. I only carry my Walther PPS, so nothing else gets the chance to accumulate much "honest wear." And the PPS isn't showing much.

I have one early '90s Beretta 92FS that has almost 36,000 rounds through it (man, I miss those pre-panic ammo prices), but it doesn't look particularly heavily used. My Tokarevs, CZ 52s, and SIG P49 (Swiss military issue P210-2) show a small amount of wear, but not much, and I didn't put it there.
 
This is a WW2 era Hungarian pistol that likely saw the battlefield

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A few battlefield 'pickups' I've owned over the years.

Picked up in the hedgerows of Normandy during the invasion by a member of the 101st Airborne (shown with notarized affidavit).



Picked up in Vietnam by a member of the 101st Airborne from Ft. Campbell.



The P.38 on the left along with the left handed field made German holster picked up in a poker game at a temporary airfield outside Paris in early 1945 by a member of the 344th Bombardment Group.

The P.08 on the right along with the field made German shoulder holster were picked up in North Africa by a member of the II Armored Div.




The recession and a divorce required liquidated these in 2009-10. But that's okay, made room for new stuff.
 
Ive never understood the draw to the BFPU look. I understand wanting to own something with some history. On another forum it seems they talk a lot about giving a rifle the BFPU look. That seems worse than tacticool to me.

But anyway, the real stuff sure is neat to see and hear of its history. Not sure I would own one as all mine are shooters. I don't have the money or room in the safe for safe queens; BFPU, "range guns" or BBQ guns.

A gun with some good honest wear looks great. I just hate taking them from pristine to the good honest wear.
 
Another line of BFPU I've become interested in is law enforcement.

Batches of these are popping up, they are plentiful on the net and otherwise pretty common and every so often I've come across a personal weapon at a reasonable price.

Here are a few I've found in the last few years:

Star Model B double issue. 1st issued to German State Police during WW2, reissued to German State Police during reconstruction/post war. Imported to US before 1968 (no importation stamp).



Colt 1911, circa 1930, NE Texas law enforcement officer (from Atlanta Texas).



DPD trade in, complete with property room tag.



S&W Model 66-2 (top), Orange County Texas Sheriff Department trade-in

 
Trigger, how are you documenting the double service of your Star? Most of the pistols delivered to Germany have no further info and the ones Star made and were not received by Germany were wharehoused until later purchased by post war Germany for the police. I have three such pistols but they were held by Star until after the war.......nice holster...Original Star wood grips are checkered with a groove around the entire circumference about 1/4" in.
 
mikey,

The model B is an "O", one of 8,000 shipped to Germany on June 6, 1944 from Star (Antaris).

The front strap is Struck "L.P.N." for Landes Polizei Neidersachsen, the post war Lower Saxony State Police. Struck underneath that is what appears to be "L.s(obliterated)". The frame was refinished at some point prior to the L.P.N. being applied, but I do not find any corresponding refinishing or overhaul marks that I can identify as such.

In my research the only contemporary unit marking I can find that might be possibly close on the "L.s ..." is the war time Landjagerei (?) or a rural state police from a province I've yet to identify.

As far as the grips go, these are correct for a 4th variation, which this one is.
 
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