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When scrolling through my photos of the Tell 3 pistol I did find another example of 6 1/3 caliber. Appears that it is the same font used on the Stroud Auction piece. Here is the link from the 15-May-2020 auction. Unfortunately no serial number was provided.
https://auctionet.com/en/1329374-air...ade-in-germany
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Looks to be the same pistol but refinished since sold at the same auction earlier in 2020.
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Quite interesting - the Stroud 6-1/3 does look to be the same gun shown by Buck25: check the ding in left side of front sight, position of pivot and lock-screw slots, apparent repaint on left grip emblem. Someone got a bargain in Sweden, now cashing in!
To me the caliber stamp looks real, though typical marking is:
Kal. 4 1/2 mm
cal. .177
So why would they get lazy on the odd gun(s) - possibly a factory worker's personal dart-shooter?
Don R.
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Or a wartime attempt to use it when the common sizes were in short supply. anything would have been of use when cats and rats were the only meat available (Overworked draught horses excepted)Originally Posted by draitzer
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That would be a plausible possibility if it was a single one-off large calibre pistol. But two at once?
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..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
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Danny, as noted in my reply #21 above, check the pictured details for the Stroud and Swedish auction guns and see if you think they're not the same item:
"Quite interesting - the Stroud 6-1/3 does look to be the same gun shown by Buck25: check the ding in left side of front sight, position of pivot and lock-screw slots, apparent repaint on left grip emblem. Someone got a bargain in Sweden, now cashing in!"
As to the other Stroud 6 mm gun, the stamping looks questionable to me but it's JMO.
Don R.
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