I have been puzzling over this Haenel 28: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...8-a7cc00f5638f and still cannot make my mind up about it. Everything says that it is an amateur customisation, perhaps an attempt to disguise some damaged grips, and yet the steel frame and its forward extension would have taken a lot of skilled work to make it look so original. The crude notches on the frame (was the owner a hit-man and these are his kills?) don't stack up with the quality of the work. What is the general opinion about this? (Not the hit-man theory).

(It reminds me of the extended barrel Haenal 28's, which as far as is known are factory modifications, so there may be some precedent for Haenel being prepared to experiment a little.)