WW2 Liberator Pistol by GM Guide Lamp
Guns International #: 100564338 Seller's Inventory #: 28434
Category: Military Collectible US - Military Pistols - US
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
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Number of Active Listings: 1184
Total Number of Listings: 20133
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material.
Description:
NSN, .45 ACP, 4” barrel with a lightly pitted, non-rifled bore. The bare metal finish has an overall mottled gray patina with patches of dark freckling and light pitting scattered throughout. There is light oxidation on the breech plate, trigger and further plum-brown pitting along the exterior of the trigger guard bow. The barrel has a smooth grind mark on the top spot-weld, and is hand stamped with a rack or inventory number ahead of the chamber: “253”. The pistol has a modern grip compartment lid that closely matches the condition of the pistol in appearance. GM Guide Lamp é manufactured the entire production of one million units in just eleven weeks. In fact, the Liberator took longer to load, fire, and reload than it did to make. They were intended to be air-dropped in vast numbers behind enemy lines to assist resistance fighters in obtaining better weapons from enemy troops, and to erode enemy morale at the thought that so many illicit weapons were possibly in the hands of the general population. They were never used for their intended purpose, but many ended up in China and the Philippines (where they were actually issued as constabulary weapons for a short time). It may be that the numbers added to this example have some connection to official use. FFL or C&R
SOLD
Manufacturer: Guide Lamp
Model: Liberator
Caliber Info: .45 ACP
Gauge Info: .45 ACP