Sold – SCARCE VERY EARLY 1936 BERETTA MODEL 1935 ITALIAN AIR FORCE ISSUE ……EARLY FIRST CONTRACT TP INSPECTED

IN 97% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE A NICE EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY 1936 PRODUCTION  ITALIAN AIR FORCE MODEL 1935 BERETTA PISTOL IN 7.65 CALIBER. THIS IS A FAIRLY RARE EARLY 1936 PRODUCTION GUN FROM THE FIRST CONTRACT WITH THE RARE “TP” INSPECTOR MARKING.  THE PISTOL IS MATCHING WITH AN EXCELLENT CONDITION BORE.   WHILE THE  ARMY’S MODEL 1934 PISTOLS WERE IN .380 CALIBER,  THE NAVY AND AIR FORCE USED THE MODEL 1935 WHICH IS 7.65 CALIBER.  AIR FORCE MARKED PISTOLS ARE HARD TO FIND AS MOST OF THEM CRASHED AND BURNED.  IF YOU COLLECT BERETTA PISTOLS OR AIR FORCE MARKED PISTOLS THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY RARE AND NICE PIECE TO PICK UP.