what pistols are these?
what pistols are these?
they look almost like walther p.38s, but how could that be?
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what pistols are these?
I have my father's Ruger .22 from the early '50's (in it's box) but these do look like P08's--the famed Luger. I don't know about an earlier Savage copy and would be interested in hearing it's history. Any more information would be welcome and informative.ChristopherPerrien wrote:No they are Sturm-Ruger target pistols.
Actually they look like Savage Arms Auto pistols, I can't remember the calibers this pistol came in, 25cal and 32cal I think. All kidding aside Ruger 22's are very similar, they may be a copy of a Savage Arms pistol.
Again, the question is "what the heck are these?"
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High Standard model B
Google is sometimes amazing, searched" waves pistol training"
scroll down this page and here is your picture
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs- ... w2-tg2.htm
If I remember right High Standard is somehow related to Browning
Anyway here is a Savage
http://members.aol.com/savage1907/1907late.html
Google is sometimes amazing, searched" waves pistol training"
scroll down this page and here is your picture
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs- ... w2-tg2.htm
If I remember right High Standard is somehow related to Browning
Anyway here is a Savage
http://members.aol.com/savage1907/1907late.html
What pistols are these...
That woman on the right looks dangerous!
Tom
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Re: What pistols are these...
tscrawford wrote:That woman on the right looks dangerous!
Tom
Any woman with a gun is dangerous.
The worst are drunk ones coming into a bar waving a gun looking for a husband. Almost the scariest thing I have ever seen.
You should have said 'missing' husband!
I pictured an ugly, drunk woman storming into a bar, pulling her pistol out of her handbag, and saying:
"Listen up you drunken bums! I'm tired of being on the shelf. I want a husband and I want one now! Either one of you volunteers or I shoot you all one at a time until someone does!"
I know my way around handguns -and felt earlier on ready to leap to a reply - but didn't. Wisely so - as I'm still puzzled. They do NOT look like Colt or Hi-Standard .22's. They're certainly NOT P.38's - even I was leaning towards Lugers - but cannot believe that an obvious US propaganda picture of WW2 would show US women sporting German firearms. The search goes on........
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It could be...
Hi,
I think that those guns could be Colt Woodsmans...
Just a bet.
Douglas.
I think that those guns could be Colt Woodsmans...
Just a bet.
Douglas.
Search ended.varjag wrote:I know my way around handguns -and felt earlier on ready to leap to a reply - but didn't. Wisely so - as I'm still puzzled. They do NOT look like Colt or Hi-Standard .22's. They're certainly NOT P.38's - even I was leaning towards Lugers - but cannot believe that an obvious US propaganda picture of WW2 would show US women sporting German firearms. The search goes on........
WAVES practice marksmanship
At an indoor range at Treasure Island Naval Base, California, 11 February 1943.
Their pistols are High Standard Model B types.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.