A French gun is an Obscure Object Of Desire? You’re probably wondering how much wood alcohol got into the hooch I’ve been drinking all winter. But bear with me, because something like this gun probably has a place in any true collector’s portfolio . . .
Manufacture d’armes de Bayonne was a French arms manufacturer who supplied handguns to French police and military forces (and, briefly, Nazi German occupiers) from 1920 to 1982. Their designs were typically based on successful patterns from other manufacturers such as Browning and Walther, and their P-15 briefly held the title of ‘world’s most capacious handgun’ with its (duh) 15-round magazine.
You’ve probably already recognized the profile of the .25 ACP Model 1906 Browning (with grip safety) in the MAB Model A, which is exactly what it was. The first version of the Model A was introduced in 1921, and the second version (shown here) was made from 1925 until 1964 or 1966.
That’s a pretty long production run for an abysmally underpowered handgun. Like most French industrial products, MAB pistols were not remarkable for their quality of manufacture. They were, still, good enough for police and military use in the ‘never fired, only dropped once’ French armed forces.
Despite its long production run, few MAB pistols were ever imported for the U.S. civilian market. Despite this scarcity, prices are fairly low for these obscure handguns. The example shown here was offered for sale at $199.
Ok Bobby, suppose you and your wife and kids (hypothetical of course) were at a sporting event in a high school, all of the sudden a man very near you pulls a gun, he shoots the person in front of you and then takes aim at your kid. Even though you are in an establishment with a crowd how would you feel about watching this man take out your loved ones one by one and knowing that if you only believed in the right to self-defense your family may have stood a chance that day. That guy, the shooter, he is a criminal, and yes he knows the high school is a gun free zone, and he also knows that the average law abiding citizen will obey that law. The tornado thing is just to way out there to even give it a thought.
We need to protect society from the evil drunk/crazy people who get behind the wheel. I propose an extensive background check, mental health testing and a 15-day waiting period on all motor vehicle purchases.
I wonder how many people who drive drunk have posed for pictures with Shannon Watts?
at least the French recognized a clusterf*ck when they saw it, and got the hell out of “Indochina” before Vietnam spiraled out of control
that’s what you call the butt whooping the French took in indochina? LOL… They were indeed precedent setters.
As posted as a reply to that article:
Let’s try some better analogies here:
Do you own a fire extinguisher?
Do you wear a seat belt?
Do you have lock your doors at night?
Do you keep your money in the bank?
Do you have a dog?
Do you have an alarm system on your house?
All of these things people do because they fear the repercussions of something going wrong that is outside of their control. A gun is simply another tool like any of those that can help us be safer. As someone with the ability to get an article posted to Forbes I would think you would have the sense and responsibility to fact check gun incidents with concealed carry holders before making the leap that concealed carry holders are likely to pop the coach for not letting Johnny play enough. To equate law abiding citizens with a lower incidence of bad behavior to criminals simply for wanting to protect themselves is an insult to all of us that would never do such a thing.
In every case would an armed citizen be able to stop a shooter? Of course not, but do your research and see just how many times it happens every year and see if you would want those shooters to have gone on with their shooting sprees or be glad that a citizen stopped them.
A gun is exactly what would be effective against a crazed shooter. Isn’t that what a policeman brings with him when called? Why are so many of these anti-gun articles written in such a milquetoast tone? “I don’t live…I don’t know…I worry…I’m not sure…” Bob don’t worry about it, no one is expecting you to step up against the “tornado.” Go back to covering your youth sporting events. Try not to think about an crazed driver with a multi-ton pickup truck or SUV driving through the crowd. Can you stop an Avalanche?
If a functional storm shelter could fit on your belt, uninhibiting your everyday travels, I’m sure some people would do it! Besides isn’t that one of the witty responses of some who carry – “because I can’t carry a cop”?
It humorous to the point of disgusting…blatantly go out and kill some(s) with a gun, go to prison…go and get numerous DUI/OWI’s, and nothing happens, one after another, sure they may suspend or even revoke your license, but they’ll still drive…much like criminals with guns…it pathetic that the leftists/liberals are so hamster brained…
Where was this pistol for sale at?? Would go good with my 1910 Mauser Pocket Pistol in 6.35mm(.25auto)!!
“Is Concealed Carry Dishonest?”
After all the lies told and deceit practiced by MDA, MAIG , and the rest of the leftists/liberals, this question has no value…
I ran across a 1968 German Walther .32 semi auto pistol I felt hardware lust for, to the point of asking if there was any way I could legally obtain it — the guy at the gun shop sadly shook his head.
Provide real life examples of how a weapon is a weapon is a weapon can be used to hurt innocent people all you want.
For the true antis, I don’t think there is anything that can cause the scales to fall away from their eyes.
What a tool. Like what he thinks is justifiable is the same as what I think… Maybe I carry just because I feel like it, whatever the reason, it’s no one else’s business.
It’s funny, except it’s not, that these gungrabbers laugh at and scoff and mock anyone who suggests that armed civilians are a deterrent to mass murder, or that such citizens could stop such a shooting spree if it starts. They deride the very notion of everyday heroes as absurd, impractical and unreliable. Nevermind that this exact scenario has played out to their discredit multiple times.
And yet, these exact same gungrabbers offer magazine limits on the premise that everyday heroes, who just happen to be within a feet of the shooter, will leap in unison to action and tackle the killer.
So let me get it straight, armed defenders are weak and unreliable. Unarmed defenders are strong and dependable. So we need to weaken the defenders to make them stronger. Newspeak, anyone?
And how do the gungrabbers square this circular reasoning against their often leveled slander that lawfully armed citizens are just ticking timebombs waiting to go off? The guns supposedly give people unaccustomed to courage the wherewithal to act out. Then what are the unarmed defenders suppposed draw upon as they swoop in to put a beatdown on an active shooter?
Hi there, boys and girls! Today’s vocabulary word for Idaho residents is “Schadenfreude”! I am sure you all recognize that word, so let’s sing it together! What fun! (Sung to the music of blood vessels popping in the heads of every leftist public college/university president in Idaho [which is all of them].) There were several quotes in today’s “Idaho Statesman” coverage of this law which just warmed the cockles of my heart:
“Heads of all eight of the state’s public colleges opposed the bill, arguing it would strip policy-making power from universities, stymie recruitment efforts and put those on campus at risk. The bill also sparked a protest that drew hundreds to the Capitol. Otter, who didn’t receive the bill until Tuesday, was pushed to veto it in recent days by the mothers of shooting victims in college mass shootings across the nation [that would be Shannon Watts’ernames Bloomberg group], and by Idaho student leaders.”
“After Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson and two other police chiefs from cities with public universities or colleges were shut out of a Senate committee hearing on the bill last month, Masterson said the public dialogue on the issue greatly increased. “From reading the polls it looks like overwhelmingly people are against guns on campus, but the governor and his Legislature want to see it a law, so we will just start preparing for how we will respond to complaints of people carrying weapons on campus,” he said Wednesday.”
Hey, Chiefie – the Legislature belongs to the people of Idaho who elected them, not the Gov. And by the way, the 81% GOP Idaho legislature indicates that a “poll” of Idaho residents taken at every election shows our support for the 2nd Amendment and our rejection of the leftist policies of the Democrats and the Boise mayor who appointed you. Stiff upper lip, Chiefie.
“Aside from perhaps agriculture, the NRA is the most powerful interest group in the Idaho Republican Party. Vetoing the bill would have been a huge gift to Otter’s more conservative primary opponent — Sen. Russ Fulcher — quickly altering the landscape in the May 20 primary.”
Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/03/12/3076771/otter-signs-campus-guns-bill-into.html#storylink=cpy
The howls of outrage in the on-line comments from our local loony libs are the best part of this story. Yes, Schadenfreude is the dominant emotion at this point. Plus, as an NRA member, I really enjoy reading about how politically powerful we are – Masters of the Universe, as it were. Oh, and by the way – we see this law as “a good first step” in restoring civil rights to university and college campuses.
Gloat, gloat, gloat. (Sorry about that – couldn’t help myself. We have been working on this 2nd Amendment advance for 3-4 years. We had to toss out a few RINOs in the primaries in 2012 to get this through the key Senate committee.)
You, sir, have too much time on your hands (and really bad taste).
What steam punk universe did you steal that revolver from. Pretty cool though.
At this point, the ATF and all the scandals with this organization should be call Eric’s Goon Squad (Eric Holder).
Hey, it’s for the kids. Can you imagine what might happen if an 80% lower got into a child’s hands? They might get interested in industrial arts and end up getting a practical degree, rather than wasting time and money on a liberal arts degree that is worth diddly squat in the job market.
Say what you will about their fighting spirit, but they do make pretty damned good weapons. Mirage fighters, Roland anti-aircraft systems, and they have made some pretty decent firearms, though I can’t name any at the moment. I do remember marching with a platoon of their paratroopers who were carrying some pretty neat looking rifles though.
Reading the affidavit, it would seem that what ATF is arguing is that EP makes a stripped lower (a firearm) and then backfills the fire control pocket with a polymer that the buyer then mills out. [Ares says this isn’t true.] Thus, applying the rule that “once a firearm, always a firearm”, ATF contends that EP is selling “firearms” to retailers and direct purchasers without going through an FFL. If this were true, then both the seller and the purchaser could be guilty of an illegal firearms transaction, which is why the ATF wants the customer lists. If the ATF is successful in shutting down EP Armory, it will probably go after everyone who bought one of their lowers.
Makes me wonder what happened at EP Armory. There is nothing on its site except a forum post by a member asking about it.
I own a SCAR 16s. I have never shot an ACR. The SCAR has allowed to move on from the losers at the 100yd range and use the 200 and 300yd ranges at my gun club. My SCAR, with a Redfield 3-9×40 scope, allows me to reliably shoot 1″ groups at 200 yards. Why spend the money on a SCAR over an AR-15? Really? Any weapon that requires a forward bolt assist is NOT a well engineered or designed weapon. Gimme a break. Plus, the innards of my rifle remain very clean due to the gas piston system NOT exhausting directly over the bolt and lower receiver the way AR’s do. Nice to be able to fold the stock, for both storage, or for shooting in tight spaces. Again, can’t do that with an AR-15.
I don’t get the fascination with Nappy. He, like Hitler, led his country to defeat and destruction. Both of them abandoned armies to Russia.
Now Wellesly was a military genius. Or at least enough to pack Nappy off to exile.
According to the guys at Cabelas the Walther PPQ in 9mm is the most overlooked pistol ever, even though it’s the same size as a glock 19 with the same capacity.
Does anybody have expirerience with the STI Duty One? I’m seriously considering the 5″ model. Any advice would be great
Seems to me.we should have stuck to our guns,and carried on with the EMR 2 and .280. Instead of giving
into the wooden planks.We have that half plank Churchill to thank for that!
How ’bout TTADAT? The Truth about dumbass teens? LOL from an old guy who did all kinds of stupid crap but never FILMED it. (or at least nothing to get me arrested!)
Let’s just say I am a 1911 fan, and have never liked “Tupperware Guns” and leave it at that… A friend bought a P-07 and let me shoot it.
I was nailing the plates faster and faster until I finally started missing a few because I wan’t even looking at the sights anymore. You almost have to try to miss. Same with everyone else that tried it. As much as it pains me to say about a Tupperware gun…I LIKE!
Hey don’t worry….we are in the same good hands that the people of WACO were in! Well I guess I will be melting down my EP Lowers……
I think that he’d fit right in in the NRA Board of Directors for the same reasons I’m no longer an NRA member. ROTFLMAO
The Second Amendment is about tyranny, not crime. Keep on swinging and missing, NRA.