PRE-WAR FOREIGN MILITARY CONTRACTS Description
mfg. under military contract for various countries.
Note: Finnish contract guns can be identified by the "SA" marking on frame, and/or slide, and/or mag. 2,400 pistols were shipped to Finland in 1940, all are in ser. no. range: 11,000 - 15,000.
Most Chinese contract pistols were refinished or reworked to include Inglis parts. Chinese contract pistols fall in the 6,000 - 11,000 and 20,000 - 21,000 ser. no. range.
Paraguayan contract guns are rare in the U.S. Numerous counterfeits have surfaced - check crest and slide markings for originality. Check bluing carefully, as most were refinished. Beware of matching numbered shoulder stocks as most are counterfeits or recently renumbered.