New lot of 25acp pistols

Bob In St Louis
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Just won on auction three more mouse guns:

1) Regina

2) Unique

3) Kaba

The Regina is a Spanish piece, the Unique is also a Spanish made piece, not the French Unique. The Kaba I need to find out more about yet.
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Chas
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(10/30/02 5:25:37 pm)
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Congrats on the auction. Are any of the three still in production? Tell us what you learn about the Kaba.

Chas

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Sounds like another splendid addition to your collection Bob. Have you dedicated a whole part of your house yet to your guns?

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(10/30/02 8:15:29 pm)
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Didja' bid by the pound or the piece?
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Bob In St Louis
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(10/30/02 8:37:18 pm)
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Awfully high priced scrap metal by the pound!

Teresa - yup, got a whole room (walk in vault) in my house for the guns, plus a work bench area, plus an accessories storage area - heck, the whole basement is my domain!
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Xracer
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(10/31/02 8:44:21 am)
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Geez Bob! You must be a**h*** deep in potmetal by now.

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Where would you find out about local auctions? I'd love to find some new places to search for additions to my collection.


Bob In St Louis
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I read all the local papers looking for auctions, plus I always look around those bulletin boards in the fronts of restaurants and grocery stores for auction listings.
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jimmar
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Bob, congratulations on the new "triplets",, three at a time is always better. I have a few of the spanish .25's and the research is almost as fun as the purchase.

Bob In St Louis
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None of these pistols are currently in production. Today at the gunshow I picked up an Astra Model 1916 25acp, one of the early versions without the grip safety, and a Victoria Model 1911 25acp - which is an early Astra before they started using the Astra name. Tomorrow the same fellow is supposed to be bringing back in some more Spanish 25acp pistols - including a Looking Glass and a Liliput.

Dang, and I thought I would pull ahead from this gunshow ---
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Welcome Aboard jimmar!

Bob,

I've had that happen a couple of times at the shows, but
I do look for it though!

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Bob In St Louis
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This guy has a collection of 160 some odd 25acp pistols, and he is selling off a portion of them for new computer equipment. Today I picked up:

1) an extremely rare Alkar Cartridge Counter - kind of a unique piece where you can see how many cartridges are in the magazine through a slot in the side of the grip;

2) Danton Double Safety - another fun design;

3) "The Veritable Mosser Superior";

4) Melior (actually Belgian made, but for some reason proofed through Eibar with a 1941 date code);

5) Melior Model 1920 (the tinyest little 25acp I have ever seen!)
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You gonna post pictures Bob? I'd especially like to see #5!

Is it smaller than the Baby Browning?

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Bob In St Louis
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I am still shucking money at guns and never have gotten a digital camera!

The Model 1920 Melior is smaller than the Baby Browning - especially in profile, it is very thin and sleek.
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Sounds purdy nice Bob!

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Bob In St Louis
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The Kaba Spezial was made by F. Arizmendi for export to Karl Bauer GmbH in Berlin, Germany. It has pre-1927 Spanish Eibar proofs, and the German crown over N proof.

The Unique slide legend says "Le Veritable Pistolet Francais Unique Manufacture Des Pyrenees Francaises Behobie" - now this one is throwing me a bit of a loop. I was expecting the pistol made by Unceta y Cia (Astra) as the model 1924 and marketed in France, but the last word in the above slide legend should be "Hendaye" instead of "Behobie".

The Regina is a typical 1920s vintage Spanish piece.
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