Old pistol

mackcrane

mackcrane

Hi, can some one tell me more about this gun?
Its 15cm long,9cm height. Has a 6 squared barrel.
And has the markings on barrel crown over R star over W,
on cartridge star over W crown over ELG , on frame star over W and on handle S F in eclips.

Also maybe what its worth.

mackcrane

I have an old semi-auto pistol in what looks like 32 caliber. It's shaped like a Browning, but has FL on the grips. The rear sight swings up out of the way and acts as the grip for pulling the slide. The bolt is missing. No other markings are on it. Thanks.

mackcrane

I've been reading some, and it might be a Langenhan. Any info on that.

1KYDSTR

That's going to be a Fritz Langenhahan Selbstadler pistol. Broadly regarded as one of them most dangerous semi-auto pistols ever made. The rear sight thing you speak of is actually the bolt retainer yoke; this is the area that caused issues. If heavily worn or reassembled incorrectly the bolt will exit the rear of the reciever and result in very bad things for whoever is trying to aim the thing. Tends to lodge the bolt in your eye socket in other words. There were also several hundred thousand of these things made between '14 and '18 doe the German military so it is not only dangerous but relatively common. The bolt likely was pulled by the previous owner after either realising the inherent danger of the gun or after a malfunction occured. Really good unit marked original condition guns do have collector value though, so if that applies to yours and you can locate the bolt, it might have as much as $350 value.

mackcrane

Thanks. No hope for the bolt since I found the gun in a drawer at my mother's house back in the 1960's. I see where it was only made and used during WW1,and my mom had an uncle who was in the war. He might have brought it home. Neat piece of history anyway. Don't know of any parts sources, do you?

andrewsw16

Numrich Gun Parts has some.
http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Products.aspx?catid=3076

beantownshootah

Some nice info and pictures here:

http://www.littlegun.info/arme allemande/a langenham gb.htm

mackcrane

Thanks everybody, that's what I've got by the pictures. Price on the bolt isn't too bad to have a complete pistol after all these years. I can't do pictures but the gun is not in bad shape for the age. S/N is 33691 with matching slide no.