jhv41 P. Mod. 37
- Thread starter Gebirg
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Matching magazines are uncommon, so that is a nice find. The gun has been polished and re-blued, so a lot of the collector value has been lost, but those guns are still very interesting. They were originally adopted by the Hungarian army in 9mm Short (.380 ACP). Hungary was an ally of Germany, so the Germans contracted with the company to produce them for the Wehrmacht in 7.65 Browning (.32 ACP) since .380 was not in the German police/military supply system. They also had the manual safety put on.
Jim
Jim
Sorry if you had assumed or been told otherwise, but that gun is far too highly polished and too "black" to be original. I have seen several hundred of those pistols (not at the same time!) and there is no doubt that one has been reblued using caustic salts bluing.
If you Google "Femaru 37M" and look at the images, you will see a few that have been reblued or otherwise refinished, but most of the guns on there have the original grayish blue finish.
Jim
If you Google "Femaru 37M" and look at the images, you will see a few that have been reblued or otherwise refinished, but most of the guns on there have the original grayish blue finish.
Jim
i have a cz 27 first issue with german marks waA76 on the gun and holster that has a blue finist,not parked and have been told the same thing. and i am the second owner,the first brought it home from ww-2 and never fired it as he didn,t know the 7.65 is the same as the .32acp and kept in a cedar chest. eastbank.
mapsjanhere
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Lets just call it an unusually high grade finish for this type weapon. It might be as simple as the original owner having it polished because he didn't want to have to run around with an ugly hunk of wartime gun. Luftwaffe officers were as prone to showmanship as the next guy. But also, WWII was 70 years ago, so the number of people who had full control of any item from that time, and still have the mental capacity to be sure nothing was done to it is becoming exceedingly rare.
trigger643
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The pictures aren't the best, but it's a 1941 date -- fairly early and will be a better finish than the later guns, and it's hard to tell if it's been reblued or not. At first blush the finish looks original and Nice looking rig.
Thank you trigger - the first wartime production guns in high polish finish is great quality finish workmansship!!
Look at the new pics - AND FOR THE LAST TIME - THIS GUN HAS NOT BEEN REBLUED OR REFINISHED OR MESSED WITH IN ANY WAY!!!!!
Jim - you must mean what you want, and this is my last respond!
Look at the new pics - AND FOR THE LAST TIME - THIS GUN HAS NOT BEEN REBLUED OR REFINISHED OR MESSED WITH IN ANY WAY!!!!!
Jim - you must mean what you want, and this is my last respond!
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Tidewater_Kid
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Gebirg,
Maybe you don't want to except someone else's opinion, but post on an internet forum and that is what you get. What proof do you offer that the pistol is all original? Has it been in your possession since it was manufactured? That's the only way you can say. I still doubt your evidence based on what my eyes tell me. No one can tell you anything other than it's a pretty pistol based on three now altered pictures you have shown us. Do you have capture papers stating that it's an all original pistol? Point is, opinions are just that, opinions. Sorry you don't agree with them.
TK
Maybe you don't want to except someone else's opinion, but post on an internet forum and that is what you get. What proof do you offer that the pistol is all original? Has it been in your possession since it was manufactured? That's the only way you can say. I still doubt your evidence based on what my eyes tell me. No one can tell you anything other than it's a pretty pistol based on three now altered pictures you have shown us. Do you have capture papers stating that it's an all original pistol? Point is, opinions are just that, opinions. Sorry you don't agree with them.
TK
mapsjanhere
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The good part is, the new pics prove Jim's point.