32 caliber

[thom]

Can anyone identify this pistol for me? I think it is 32 caliber. Semi auto. sukmyglok is fixing the pictures.

 

[Longhair1957]

My guess is a WWI French Ruby pistol.

Granted I don’t have a picture, or description.

 

[XJThrottle]

My guess is a WWII French Ruby pistol.

Granted I don’t have a picture, or description.

Did they make a cloaked version?

 

[delta6]

My guess is a WWII French Ruby pistol.

Granted I don’t have a picture, or description.

Did they make a cloaked version?

More comedy on AZshooting :clap:

 

[thom]

Sorry I thought that I deleted this. I couldn't post the pictures. They were too large from my phone.
Can i send them to someone to decrease the size?


Thom

 

[blasternaz]

https://download.cnet.com/FreeSizer-64-bit/3000-2192_4-75453448.html

Do it your self!

 

[Suck My Glock]

Well, only 2 of the pictures came through for some reason, but here they are.

 

[Longhair1957]

Ha ha I do believe it is a Ruby variant!

 

[Longhair1957]

Looks like a Spanish destroyer.

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/1025/582/three-spanish-semiautomatic-pistols

Middle pistol?

 

[Longhair1957]

This is a ruby.

 

[smithers599]

The reason there were no pictures is that it is a ghost gun.

 

[aroyobob]

If you zoom in on the left side pic it says "1913 Premier Patent". Maybe Ruby is a category term?

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/1913-premier-patent-32-cal.316205/

Tomas De Urizar, Barcelona, Spain Eibar type copy of the 1906 Browning, Made from the 1920s until 1936. A Spanish made gun. I don't believe Senor Urizar was one of the four gun makers that survived the 1936 civil war. Parts for these old " Ruby " type guns are non existence, because of all the hand fitting (read fileing to fit ) even if you found a like item donor gun, the parts are not drop in. Sorry about that.

description of Ruby guns
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/other-handguns/eibar-ruby/

 

[Longhair1957]

I believe it’s used for several makers. My grandpa brought one back for WWI France.
He took it off a German officer, that he killed. It was in a luger holster. He took it back to their camp. When he opened the holster he was surprised and disappointed. Turns out the German had taken this one as a war prize from a French officer. They tended to carry the one he got.

 

[Longhair1957]

https://www.handgunsmag.com/editorial/ruby-pistol-32-acp-wwi-semiautomatic/376672

Article about the WWI Rubypistol

 

[thom]

Does anyone know what the value would be?

 

[aroyobob]

On gunbroker search on "spanish ruby". There are a handful, anywhere between $129 and someone who thinks his is worth $1000. To get into the lower end you'd probably have to find a way to remove the rust without removing what's left of the finish. Then price it at $300 or 400 and see if anything happens.

 

[Longhair1957]

Btw, here is grandpas.

 

[thom]

That sure is pretty. Mine has a slide lock on the left side. I haven't seen any slide locks on these though.

 

[Longhair1957]

The slide lock on mine is on the left at rear of frame. There are many variations. Over a million mfg. by multiple mfg. And all are hand fitted. So literally nothing is a drop in. They were like the AK of the first war. They shot straight, and went bang pretty much every time. But none were made with the quality of the German, USA.or British made weapons.