Gun show pick up last night. Croatian PHP MV 17

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peggysue

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Croatian PHP MV 17 (Longer Barrel) that even came with a MV 9 complete upper with lower parts.
I already have a MV 9 (short barrel one). Unusual gun was only $225. Now I have to figure how to display it on the wall with the other. Have to move guns around. The do have a Croatian crest which is kinda neat, i have about every gun that came out of the Eastern block after the wall fell.
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I have to tell ya, everytime I see a post from you saying that you picked something up it makes me smile. It always ends up being something interesting and just flat out cool.
 
The longer-barreled gun vaguely resembles a P-38 (or its design relatives, various models of Berettas.) Is it based at all on that design?
 
CAI had imported them about 6 years ago. They were around $350 but if you can find one now maybe $235. They work but are heavy . More of a historical curiosity.

"PHP (Prvi Hrvatski Pistolj - first Croatian pistol) is a somewhat strange weapon which was hastily developed in Croatia during its war for independence in early 1990s. Production and quality of this pistol (which was produced in at least two versions, short-barreled PHP MV 9 and long-barreled PHP VM 17) was sporadic, and it was soon replaced in production and use by much better and more modern HS 2000 pistol.
By design, this pistol represents a mix between Beretta 92 and Walther P38 pistols. The basic short-recoil operated action with vertically tilting locking piece is similar to both pistols, the general appearance of the open-top slide is close to the Walther but the single return spring below the barrel is apparently an Italian influence. Trigger is of traditional double action type, and the safety consists of a manual decocking lever, located on the left side of the grip frame. Magazines are double-stack and hold 15 cartridges."

http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg/hr/php-e.html
 
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