Incoming French Service Pistols?

They're currently using Beretta 92's. I'll bet Beretta is going to do whatever they can to keep those from coming to the US.

DavidE,

Unless they disposed of them elsewhere, the French have a LOT of FN of Belgium BHP & "1st Model" Beretta 92S pistols, as well as Model 10 S&W.

I'd buy another pair of BHP if I could.

yours, sw

Doughboy said:

DavidE,

Unless they disposed of them elsewhere, the French have a LOT of FN of Belgium BHP & "1st Model" Beretta 92S pistols, as well as Model 10 S&W.

I'd buy another pair of BHP if I could.

yours, sw

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Didn't they also have some Smith 547s--9mm?

Snake45 said:

Didn't they also have some Smith 547s--9mm?

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Snake45,

I just don't know that answer. = SORRY.

yours, sw

Before someone else says it...

"Only dropped once..."

Snake,

I recall a shipment of 547's in the '80's...that is if I'm recalling ANYTHING these days.


So all in all, it would be VERY nice to dance through French armories.

I was just about to ask what's an average number of drops on used French handguns?

IIRC, and the source was good, the French S&W's had a manual safety.

William R. Moore,

THANKS for the info.

yours, sw

It may have been a subtle safety. Someone here in the US figured out that if you moved the thumb piece very slightly forward, the bolt would block the hammer. With a wee bit of machine work, the back of thumb piece could move upward into a notch and act as a safety. Wiping the thumb piece back to normal position would move it off safe. Per my source, a patent was issued on the system.