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I haven't seen much posted on these guns. Got this one for $500.00, kinda neat eh?
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Garfield: Posted - 09/26/2003:
According to Antaris, IMHO, someone who would know, all the Bulgarian contract Star Model Bs were marked as standard commercial pistols, i.e., no Waffenamt acceptance stamps. Why should they? They went from Spain to Bulgaria. According to Antaris, the surplused Bulgarian Star Bs that ended up here were refinished and waffenamts applied in Europe.
Bulgarian contract pistols fall within particular serial number ranges and were delivered in three groups of 5000 pistols each starting in
9/0/43 #'s 225007-225775 & 226101-230331
2/12/43 #'s 230332-230375 & 231-235782
3/3/44 #'s 235901-240900.
So, if you buy one of these Star Bs that fall within these serial # parameters, which are stamped WaA251, you may have some difficulty convincing a knowledgeable collector that this stamp is legit.
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The real wehrmacht procurment pistols are pricey, $1,000 or so.
The recent Bulgarians are much less expensive. The ones I have seen are in terrible condion--heavily pitted, dull porous refinsh, bad grips, and, of course, WaA marked. The pistols I have seen are nowhere as nice as Mark's pistol, but, it is not within the Wehrmacht Ser. # range. It is within the Bulgarian Ser. # range, and there remains some considerable credibility problems with the WaA. Mark's pistol is by far the best condtioned of the Bulgarians I have seen.
I think I'm going to post this info on my website so as to give a heads up on these Bulgarians. Mark paid a fair price for his pistol at $500, (You didn't get ripped off.), but, I know that others have paid the big bucks for them, thinking that they were within the Wehrmacht contract procurement range.
If anyone has addtional info re. the Bulgarians, then kindly post it.
Here's my second variation:
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