08-08-2018, 08:07 AM | #1 |
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Lost World War II Pistol – FP45 Liberator
Clandestine weapons like the World War II FP-45 pistol, later dubbed the Liberator by the Office of Strategic Services in 1944, have always intrigued me. It remains the rarest of American martial handguns from the conflict, with original examples usually starting in the $1,500 range for rusty, damaged pieces and the best examples, with their impossibly rare waxed shipping boxes, bringing over $7,000. Myths and misinformation hide the pistol’s real story; they weren’t wildly inaccurate junk guns that exploded after a few shots, and they were never tossed out of airplanes over occupied Europe en masse. THE FP-45 PISTOL was...
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08-08-2018, 03:40 PM | #2 |
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Always wanted one just to have one,
but at $3500-$5000 for the ones i found, it just wasn't worth it.
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08-08-2018, 07:15 PM | #3 |
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I have never had any interest in one.
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08-08-2018, 07:37 PM | #4 |
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08-08-2018, 07:39 PM | #5 |
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It's a lot bigger than I expected.
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08-08-2018, 08:41 PM | #6 |
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08-09-2018, 07:46 PM | #7 |
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I read about and heard many years ago that the pistol was designed for a partisan to kill a soldier and take his weapon. Sounds like a viable idea to me. I don't know how many times it was used for it's intended purpose and didn't know how many of them were actually made.
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08-09-2018, 11:49 PM | #8 |
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Someone is making them new, now.
And they actually tell you YOU SHOULDN'T FIRE THEM. cerberus |
08-09-2018, 11:58 PM | #9 |
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08-10-2018, 06:53 AM | #10 |
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i've seen the new ones , $500-600 . you can shoot them but it's not an every day range gun. they have a limited life .
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08-11-2018, 12:32 AM | #11 |
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That's one big flaming picture for such a diminutive s.s, pistol.
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