Quote Originally Posted by ccdjg View Post
About 35 years ago, when I had only been into collecting for a short time, I spotted one of these at Birmingham Arms Fair. No one knew what it was and I was very tempted to buy it as the price was very reasonable (about £150 as I recall). Unfortunately I had limited cash, and there were a couple of other more pressing things to buy, one of which was an Abas pistol, so I had to leave it . A few years later I researched exactly what it was, and I spent the following years kicking myself that I didn't snap it up when I had the opportunity.



There is a happy ending to this story though. After a very long wait, another one did turn up, and as at the time its identity was not generally known, I managed to buy it at still reasonable (though higher) price. So the moral is, never give up hope, but expect to have to dig a bit deeper into your pockets.
Hi John,yes l think l would have passed it by as well, as l had not long started collecting then ether. no computer in them days, and only discovered that there was books on the subject by going into book shops looking at bird books that l was interested in, and noticed them next to each other. and to think that at that price, it was about the same price as a good Webley Service. we live and learn, which we are still doing.