SOLD ULTRA RARE DWM C-93 BORCHARDT PISTOL MINT STUNNING EXAMPLE

IN 97% FACTORY ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE RARELY EVER SEEN MODEL 1893 BORCHARDT SEMI AUTOMATIC PISTOL.  THIS WAS MANUFACTURED BY DWM PRIOR TO 1898 SO IT IS AN ANTIQUE.  THERE WERE 3,000 OF THESE PISTOLS MADE AND NOT MANY ARE IN EXISTANCE TODAY.  THIS PARTICULAR SPECIMEN IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES IN NORTH AMERICA THAT IS NOT A CASED RIG AND IT HAS BEEN LOCKED AWAY IN A COLLECTION FOR DECADES. THE PISTOL IS ALL MATCHING EXCEPT FOR THE MAGAZINE.  THE ORIGINAL MATCHING MAG FOR THIS GUN IS KNOWN, IT WAS SOLD BACK IN 2013 AT ROCK ISLAND WITH A CASED GUN AS THE SPARE MAG, SO PERHAPS THEY CAN BE RE-UNITED SOME DAY.  THIS PISTOL WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY HUGO BORCHARDT REACHED AN EVOLUTONARY DEAD END WITH THE P.08 LUGER, HOWEVER IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY IT WAS A HIGHLY REGARDED AND VIABLE DESIGN.  IT IS A HIGHLY INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO THE QUESTION OF HOW TO PERFECT A SELF LOADING HANDGUN, AND WAS ONE OF ONLY A HANDFULL OF DESIGNS TO REACH ANY LEVEL OF PROMINANCE OR COMMERICIAL RELEVANCE.  TODAY COLLECTORS OF THESE EARLY SEMI AUTO PISTOLS HOLD THE BORCHARDT AS ONE OF THE ICONIC MUST HAVE PIECES AND THEY CERTAINLY DO COMMAND A LOT OF REVERANCE IN THE COLLECTING COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PASSING THIS ITEM ON TO IT’S NEXT CARETAKER.