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3rd Variation Lahti L-35 Semi-Automatic Pistol

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
3rd Variation Lahti L-35 Semi-Automatic Pistol
Auction Location:

16600 Aston Street
Irvine, CA
3rd Variation Lahti L-35 Semi-Automatic Pistol, #6682, 9mm, 4.7'' barrel, blue finish, brown checkered plastic grips with VKT logo, cut for shoulder stock, with rectangular Loaded Chamber indicator; later upper receiver marked ''VKT/L-35'' with yoke locking piece and protrusion and slide lightning cuts eliminated; with etched letter ''E'' to right side of trigger and takedown latch. Produced from 1944-1945 in serial range 4700-6800, with estimated production approx. 2100. All Lahti pistols were uniquely designed with a slide accelerator to aid in their operation in severe cold weather. Condition is about fine retaining approx. 87%-92% Finnish military blue, with most of the losses appearing as very minor pitting possibly from blood or salt, to flat sides and upper edges of lower frame, and similar losses to barrel at breech. Grips are crisp. Front and backstrap show mild thinning. Action is tight, bore is mirror bright. An fine example of a very difficult-to-obtain European service pistol. Est.: $1,000-$1,500. (C&R)