Just received this from my gf's father. He said it was from the lend-lease era. Other than that, google has failed me and I'd really like to know what the hell it is... 9+1 .32acp ....that's about it.

Looks like a bad knockoff of my Colt 1903

Like I said it's from the lend lease era...so it probably came from that colt. . Modified slightly to fit whomever ordered it. Supposedly it was a cavalry officer's sidearm Eenteresting.Does yours have a grip safety?

ScorchedNX2K wrote:Like I said it's from the lend lease era...so it probably came from that colt. . Modified slightly to fit whomever ordered it. Supposedly it was a cavalry officer's sidearm Eenteresting.Does yours have a grip safety?

Yup.

I was gonna say...that sucker has browning design all over it.

Anyone know how much one of these would run for? It's a special calvary model so it might be rare or something...never know.I've seen prices from as low as 150 all the way to 1700...

SO I figure it out...It's a Spanish-made pistol based on the 1903. A variety of manufactures were contracted out to pump these out. My particular pistol was made by a Victor Bernado y Cia or Eibar. The crappy versions of these pistols are known as "Ruby" clones in that they have a ruby stamped somewhere on them. They were the first guns made, and the least reliable/ most variance in parts. Those are worth no more than 200 bucks. Mine, I still can't figure out. I'm taking it to the next gun show to see if ANYONE knows how much it's truly worth.
Modified by ScorchedNX2K at 3:37 PM 3/5/2009