Mauser 1910/14 Portguese Police or Military

[Bill Grist]

Mauser 1910/14 Cal. 6.35mm,,, Portguese Police or Military as denotded by the Triangle in a circle on the back of the frame....BILL

[Nick Hessens]

Nice pistol Bill!

Regards

[Loyer]

You are fortunate. In Canada any pistol with a barrell of 105 mm or smaller is prohibited. I can buy a P-38 or a 1911A1 but not a Luger . Really puts a damper on collecting old WW2 German pistols.

[lithgow]

Loyer-is there a separate firearms collector license type in Canada? Here in Australia a collector can have short barrel pistols that a regular sporting or target shooter can't (no shooting-just collecting).

[Loyer]

Canada Permits:
In my Province we need to pass a written and amnual test to obtain a "PAL".
These come in 3 levels:
-un-restricted (long guns and shotguns)
-restricted (pistols over 105 mm barrell and not .32 or .25 cal)
-prohibited ( pistol under 105 or .32/.25 but only if you have had such a gun legally and continuously in your possession since 2008).

In my case 20 years ago I had two dozen war time pistols but I sold them all to buy a new car. Now. because I didn't buy another in the last twenty years, I cannot buy a prohibited gun at all.

I wouldn't mind so much if they exempted the old war time guns because of their heritage but they do not make that distinction.

[lithgow]

A great pity.

[COLT 1911A1]

Great handgun, BILL..., with the aura of romantic Victorian engineering...I have a relic (pited, parts missing) myself, i'll try to upload photos.
Regards...Thanos

[António Fragoeiro]

Mauser 1910/14 Cal. 6.35mm,,, Portguese Police or Military as denotded by the Triangle in a circle on the back of the frame....BILL

hi Bill, thanks for posting this, its always good to see a piece of history from my country. cheers. Nuno