Trego's Mountain Ear

As I look at the news, I notice that some folks to the North are talking about sending old Canadian Military pistols to Ukraine.  Others question what good 80-year-old pistols would do.  I’m kind of neutral.  I definitely like the Browning Hi Power – though I don’t have one any more.

My GP-35 was an Inglis Browning – Mapping the Course of Canada’s Inglis Hi-Power Pistols – Athlon Outdoors – provides a far more comprehensive story on this pistol than I will tell.   Built in Canada, sent to China, then exported to the US under President Bush the first, my pistol had one of the most optimistic rear sights available – if memory serves, it elevated for making 500 yard shots.  Bloody useless, but the Chinese of 1942 liked the idea of removable stocks for pistols.  Mine was rigged to accept a stock, but I never had one.  By 1990, the decision had been made for light carbines, and stocked pistols were just one more failed concept.  Memory tells me it looked close to this:

I know I’m not the only person who regrets selling his Inglis GP-35.  An article this Spring New For 2024: Inglis High Power Pistols | An Official Journal Of The NRA tells that they’re being built again.  My GP35 had been through a half-century of abuse.  I’m sure the Canadian military treated theirs better – so they would probably still be of use to Ukraine.  Who knows what next?  Maybe I will think of some reason to replace it with a new one.