Anybody know where I can find a couple of these?
Not the 8mm clips, those are everywhere, these are proving harder to find.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day bladeracer,
Gun shows are the best bet at the moment, look at ammo packets as well as the ammo came in clips also. I bought mine from Numrich before the bastards stopped shipping here. Sometimes they pop up on ebay, just have to find a seller willing to ship International. If worst comes to worst I'll lend you one of mine so you can at least shoot the thing and you just give it back when you find some, Cheers.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day bladeracer,
Sorry to be a pain, but we are up to about 13 carbines, unless you count the Indonesian and Portuguese versions then we hit around 17. I have the .22 Trainer version of this carbine made by Portugal in 1948, as well as several others in 6.5 and 1 Indonesian in 303. Yours is a "general" issue KNIL, used by several organizations including Police and Paramilitary. Your particular carbine, according to the unit plate, is issud to the 2nd Marachausee Brigade, rack number 97. Best info on unit plates for the East Indies carbines is in "The Dutch Luger" by Martens & de Vries, though it is written in Dutch and you have to translate the bits you want to read. Here is a pic of some Marachausee, the one seating holding your carbine (nice to think, maybe the actual???)