In 1945, when dad came home from WW2, he had a Czech "Pistole modell 27" (now generally called a CZ-27). After Germany annexed Czechoslovakia, they took the CZ27 and turned it into the standard side arm of the police and much of the Wehrmacht.
After my dad died in 1967, mom didn't want guns in the house -- and we only had the one. Part of it, I think, was that I was only six at the time, too. So she gave it to my dad's sister and brother-in-law. When they passed on, the gun ended up in the hands of my cousin.
I just today got it back, complete with holster and spare magazine.
I doubt it's been fired or disassembled since the early sixties, so I plan to take it to a gunsmith for a once-over, and then take it out and put a few magazines of .32 through it in dad's honor.
It feels kind of strange -- I haven't seen this since I was five or six, and it really feels strange to have it back. Dad brought this home from The War. Dammit, some smoke from my pipe seems to have gotten into my eyes.
I need a scotch.
Tony
After my dad died in 1967, mom didn't want guns in the house -- and we only had the one. Part of it, I think, was that I was only six at the time, too. So she gave it to my dad's sister and brother-in-law. When they passed on, the gun ended up in the hands of my cousin.
I just today got it back, complete with holster and spare magazine.
I doubt it's been fired or disassembled since the early sixties, so I plan to take it to a gunsmith for a once-over, and then take it out and put a few magazines of .32 through it in dad's honor.
It feels kind of strange -- I haven't seen this since I was five or six, and it really feels strange to have it back. Dad brought this home from The War. Dammit, some smoke from my pipe seems to have gotten into my eyes.
I need a scotch.
Tony