Korean war bringbacks

[Josh Beckett]

Does anyone have any Korean war bringback weapons? I have seen Vietnam, WWII, and even Gulf war bring backs but I have yet to see any Korean war bringbacks.

[JAYP]

Josh,I had a Bolo Broomhandle Mauser,I bought from a Korean war vet.It was his only souvenir,it was nickle plated.I sold it a few years ago,I have also seen a PPSH dewat that a local dealer bought from a Korean war vet.Jay Parisi

[buckle1]

I once owned two pistols that were Korean War bring backs. One was a Mauser Mod. 712 Broomhandle w/ten round magazine and with Chinese markings on the side. the other was what appeared to be a handmade Chinese automatic in 7.65mm also w/Chinese markings on it. I sold them both back in 1965 and the 712 I believe got registered in the 68 amnesty.

Bill

[Douglas Jr.]

There is a guy who posted a Mosin-Nagant M.1891 on the Korea War forum.
It was a nice souvenir!
Douglas

[mp44]

ppsh43 with 8mags,no paperwork.I left it alone.

[Ronnie Fry]

There are still some unregistered M2 Carbines coming out of the woodwork... Can be really scary... Most owners are not aware of the big trouble their Dad/Grandfather are "leaving" to them.
These almost certainly came back from Korea..

r

[Alan Smith]

I've seen a number of PPSH-41's here in the U.S. that are legally registered and have Korean war bring-back history. I think at least one of them had minor battle damage in the form of a bullet strike to the shroud. There are some heavyweight MG collectors who frequent this forum, so hopefully one of them will post photos of a Korean war bring-back PPSH.

As a general observation on Korean war bringbacks, based on the Korean war vets that I have spoken to, all insisted that it was VERY difficult to bring home war trophies due to U.S. military policies in place at that time.

[MattS]

I have heard the same thing from Korean Vets. Due to the fact that it was a "police action" by the UN, standard US military policies on "War Trophies" did not apply. I would venture to say more weapons have been snuck back from Iraq in recent years than came from Korea in the early 1950s. A friend was at Baghdad airport guarding a building full of captured weapons in 2003 when an USAF transport landed. A group of high ranking officers came in, told him to 'take a break' and pilfered the pile. He said their flightsuits were rattling when they walked out of there.

[Josh Beckett]

I saw a North Korean pistol a while back, but it was a vietnam bringback. It looked like a cross between a TT33 and a browning High Power. I believe he said it was a type 67.

[mkb42h]

i know a korean vet who brought back a russian made ppsh41, which i saw, said he got it 'the hard way'.

he said when they were getting ready to disembark stateside the navy mp's were searching all bags for weapons. i forget how he said he snuck off with it but he was 'damned if he'd let those mp's take it home'.

[DennyB]

A friend was telling me of his neighbor, a Korean War vet that has a "short little Chinese weapon with a drum magazine and slots over the barrel like a shroud". I told him that his neighbor had better keep that under wraps as that sounded like a Chinese Type 50 (the Chinese version of the Russian PPsH-41)

[Josh Beckett]

So most of them are PPSH SMGs then?

[dag001]

There are still some unregistered M2 Carbines coming out of the woodwork... Can be really scary... Most owners are not aware of the big trouble their Dad/Grandfather are "leaving" to them.
These almost certainly came back from Korea..

r

Just a few months ago, a Korean War veteran walked into an area gunshop and announced that he was retired and moving to Florida and did anyone want to buy his G.I. Carbine?
Cool piece; except for the "Rock & Roll" switch. No buyers....

My only Korean War piece was a dewat Chicom Type 50 w/drum & stick magazines back before the '68 amnesty.

[Ingsoc75]

It's too bad that the Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act didn't go anywhere.

[HareSplitter]

M44

I just bought a Russian M44 (The Stamp on the reciever says 1946) from a pawn shop and the guy who sold says its Korean bring back. Near the muzzle the is stamped in English: Russian M44 7.62x54r CAI ST.ALB VT.

So Im guessing that it was brought back and looked over in a factory to see if it was safe to shoot and then the army sold it a US citizen.

If any one knows what CAI St. ALB VT means I would be grateful.

Im guess that "St. ALB VT" means " St. Albany Vermont "