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owning p35 Continued from page 51 ones were only for the latter type. The Germans took all the FN P35s they could get of either version. Duke’s Guns My “Nazi” P35 must have been made fairly late in the war, as its finish is obviously not up to that exquisite FN pre-war commercial standard. Still it is blued steel with checkered wooden grips. The Inglis P35s were given a Parkerized finish and checkered grips of some synthetic material. I can’t tell if it’s plastic, Bakelite, hard rubber, or something else from the early 1940s. My first Inglis P35 was part of the Chinese contract with tangent sight and wooden shoulder stock. My second one was part of the Canadian contract with ordinary sights and not fitted with slot for shoulder stock. Blake’s booklet says the “CH” in the serial number of the former and the “T” in the serial number of the latter cinches their origins. Of my three P35s the Canadian contract one shows far more use and wear than the other two. It actually rattles when shaken. But it also shoots more accurately, so go figure. And here’s an interesting observation from me. In the last six months I’ve fired several hundred rounds of 9mm from these three P35s, plus a 1938 vintage German P08 Luger and 1943 vintage German P38. Never have the P35s jammed even once with assorted modern factory loads, NATO military surplus loads made by Federal in 1988 and cast and jacketed bullet handloads. The P38 will fail to eject cases occasionally, and the Luger absolutely refuses to feed even a single round of the NATO stuff from magazine to chamber. I’ve not really tried shooting my P35s from sandbag rest for accuracy. What would be the point? I’ve fired them from two-handed, standing position and then moved their sights as needed to be zeroed. After that I’ve just shot them at “things” such as steel plates, dueling trees and targets of opportunity, as it were. Of course anyone who buys a handgun with accompanying wooden shoulder stock/holster has to give it a try. It does steady you up a bit but I can’t say it makes a tackdriver out of a pistol. The “cool” factor is really high, though. Prior to buying these three “Brownings” I had fired precisely one other in my life and that was back in 1971. I’ve been missing out. They are good shooting, easy handling handguns. They may not be of the same breed as today’s pistols with synthetic frames but they’re not overly heavy and both Inglis and FN ones are finely made. Issued to both sides in World War II, I’d have to say they were well ahead of their time. * 82 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010
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