Speaking on non-Khyber shop-made guns, I seriously considered buying this a few months back. I always figured I'd get around to picking it up but unfortunately the owner of the shop passed away so I may not get the chance. It's a Chinese-made copy of a Browning 1900 in 7.63mm Mauser, dating to about the 20s or 30s and probably used (well, carried anyways, I sure wouldn't shoot it!) in the fighting there between warlords, Nationalists, Communists and the Japanese at various points. Handmade + low-quality steel + unlocked breech gun + high-pressure cartrdge = total hand grenade, but I think it's really cool. Note the gibberish markings - when the intended users didn't even use the same alphabet I doubt they'd have noticed.
|