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rickystl · 5th April 2012, 06:51 PM

Hi David. YES!! Good point. I've never been able to locate a pistol that could be verified as European made for that Market. We know many were made, I've just not come accross one yet. It's also known that sometimes the locally made guns would have spurios European style marks applied locally to make the prospective customer believe it was more valuable. Of course this complicates things even more as a collector.
I am surprised that this pistol has no marks of any kind considering the quality of the piece. Most Turkish made barrels have some type of mark.
Many of the Balkan made pistols I've examined have no marks at all. Thanks for your reply. Rick.

5th April 2012, 06:51 PM	#8
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,621	Hi David. YES!! Good point. I've never been able to locate a pistol that could be verified as European made for that Market. We know many were made, I've just not come accross one yet. It's also known that sometimes the locally made guns would have spurios European style marks applied locally to make the prospective customer believe it was more valuable. Of course this complicates things even more as a collector. I am surprised that this pistol has no marks of any kind considering the quality of the piece. Most Turkish made barrels have some type of mark. Many of the Balkan made pistols I've examined have no marks at all. Thanks for your reply. Rick.