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PRE-DEALER SAMPLE COLUMBIAN POLICARPA 22-2 DUAL .22LR MACHINE PISTOL ... A RARE EXAMPLE WE ARE HAPPY TO OFFER FROM THE COLLECTION OF A LONG TIME CLASS THREE DEALER/COLLECTOR IN NM .... THE COLUMBIAN POLICARPA .22 IS A SIDE BY SIDE TWO BBL, DUAL MAGAZINE .22 MACHINE PISTOL.... ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY HEINRICH VON WIMMERSPREG OF AUSTRIA AND THE RIGHTS TO MANUFACTURE AND MARKET GIVEN TO THE VENUS CORPORATION OF UTIC MICHIGAN BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT STOPPED....THE FINAL LIMITED PRODUCTION OF THIS WEAPON WAS DONE IN COLUMBIA S.A. BY POLICARPA..... THE GUN 22-2 IS A VERY UNUSUAL DESIGN USING TWO BBLS, A DUAL SIAMESE MAG AND ONE BOLT WITH TWO FIRING PINS.... THERE IS A COMPLETE WRITE UP ON THIS GUN IN THE SEPTEMBER 2006 SMALL ARMS REVIEW MAGAZINE VOL 9,No.12 PAGES 96 TO 99..... IT IS PROPORTED THAT THIS FIREARM COMES FROM THE FORMER INVENTORY OF MITCH WERBELL OF THE MILITARY ARMAMENTS CORP (MAC), WITH ITS VERY LOW SERIAL NUMBER... AS THE STORY GOES, THERE IS A VERY UNUSUAL DUAL SUPPRESSOR THAT BELONGED TO THIS GUN WHILE IN THE MILITARY ARMAMENTS CORPORATIONS INVENTORY, WHICH SOMEHOW GOT SEPARATED, AND WAS USED FOR PROPORTED CLANDESTINE WORK AND THE LIKE...... WE SENT THE GUN TO ANDREWSKI FOR A GOING OVER AND OVERHAUL OF THE MAGAZINES .... THIS IS ANOTHER VERY RARE GUN WITH REALLY NEAT HISTORY. IF YOU ARE COLLECTOR OF RARE AND UNUSUAL GUNS AND RELATED ITEMS THEN THIS WOULD BE RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY..... THIS GUN WOULD BE HOME IN THE COLLECTION OF THE PERSON WHO LOVES OFF THE GRID COVERT ITEMS.... THE COMPLETE STORY ON THIS WEAPON IS GOOD READING AND HIGHLY RECOMENDED.....THIS IS AN ITEM FOR THE CLASS THREE DEALER AND COLLECTOR AS IT IS A "KEEPER" WHEN YOU TURN IN YOUR LICENSE.... $8,200 EMAIL TO PURCHASE |
