Let’s play the “What is it?” game!

[USMC6542]

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Here is something different. This is an old school light.

I was in Mogadishu in the mid 90's, we never had any of these. You must be Army, they got all of the "New" stuff.

 

[outdoorsman4880]

I was in Mogadishu in the mid 90's, we never had any of these. You must be Army, they got all of the "New" stuff.

I was never in the military. All I know is there were old school Surefire lights used on carbines back in the mid 90s. What caught my attention was they were clamped onto the barrel.

 

[outdoorsman4880]

Speaking of old -school weapons-mounted lights, does anyone know what this light is called & what year it was patented?

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It's the Seely Night Sight invented in 1911 and patented in 1912. 1902 was the first attempt at a weapon light, but the Seely was the first one to function under recoil via delicate Swiss watch springs and rubber cushions for the little bulb.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

That's right. This gun & light combination was prominently featured in an issue of the American Rifleman magazine about a decade ago, and it's available for viewing online now.

 

[outdoorsman4880]

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I've got nothing.

Looks like a very modern semi-auto centerfire pistol, probably .380 caliber to keep it quiet, integrally-suppressed barrel system.

Made for spies and assassins maybe? The sights look too crude to be used by tactical ops guys.

 

[outdoorsman4880]

I've got nothing.

Looks like a very modern semi-auto centerfire pistol, probably .380 caliber to keep it quiet, integrally-suppressed barrel system.

Made for spies and assassins maybe? The sights look too crude to be used by tactical ops guys.

hint for everyone : it is South African and based off the Roth-Steyr M1907 pistol. Also this pistola is a 9mm.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Musgrave.

Man, that embargo over apartheid really made S.A. desperate to find modern small arms.

 

[outdoorsman4880]

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Musgrave.

Man, that embargo over apartheid really made S.A. desperate to find modern small arms.

Bingo you got it. South African gun designs from the 80s/90s were always quirky and interesting. You're up.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

lez tri dis 1.