I too have a K31. I had a Swiss 96/11 but sold it. Here is something of interest. I tracked down the troop tag and got this response.
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Obscure Firearms In The Safe, On-Screen
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I too have a K31. I had a Swiss 96/11 but sold it. Here is something of interest. I tracked down the troop tag and got this response.
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My Grandfather carried this Brunswig in those trenches in the European theater in WW1 along with a M1911 with the newly formed 1St. Inf. Div. I never really did much research on these, but I would venture to say their aren't too many around. BTW: .32 cal. Every once and a while I put a few rounds through it.
That's a nice "Ruby" but the Brunswig name was used by several different Eibar makers. There should be two letters in the oval on the left rear of the frame and if it was accepted by the French Army likely two stars on the butt around the magwell.
The letters in the oval are really important since the Ruby was made by so many different makers and magazines seldom interchanged between makers. Each magazine also carried the makers stamp and so a user could get an idea of whether or not a given magazine would work in his handgun.
If you can make out the makers mark I might be able to tell which company made your Ruby.
By the way, the Rubys are based on the John Browning Colt 1903 design but with a few actually useful modifications.
I can’t remember whether it was the 8 rounded or 13. I’d take either one.
Speaking of Browning, had one of these in the safe once, but alas gone missing in a military HHG move years back (required for firearms bound OCONUS). Not much utility as a sidearm, but probably one of the most accurate 9mm I ever shot. Not aware of any big screen appearances though, although would be very cool and would be totally in keeping with Hollywood's impractical handgun stockroom inventory....
I think almost all of my guns fall into the obscure category and quite a few show up in films and TV series. I was watching the whole PBS Masterpiece Mystery Poirot series and they had a few handuns like Webley Revolvers and Colt 1903s and Beretta 1934/35s and FN 1910s.
Not an FN 1910 but like the Ortgies featured up thread a visual homage to the design.
Bernardelli Striker Fired:
Not an FN 1910 but like the Ortgies featured up thread a visual homage to the design.
Bernardelli Striker Fired:
And in my own safe now, although not particularly rare or unusual, valuable to me because it was my father's. Some variant of the little Airweight shows up in just about every cop and gangster movie or TV show ever made, and probably the most famous owner/carrier of one of these was J. Edgar Hoover.
Luv my Airweight! Carrying it now!
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Those K 31's and the 96, 96/11 are interesting. Most of mine have troop tags. I have never tried tracing one though.I too have a K31. I had a Swiss 96/11 but sold it. Here is something of interest. I tracked down the troop tag and got this response.
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I enjoy seeing the S&W 5906 pop up in various tv shows. (Chuck has it heavily) I also laugh and point out, much to my wife's chagrin, when the person isn't holding their pistol correctly. You know, when they have their hands way down on the grip and not up into the beaver tail.
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