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Impressive !

 

Mine allegedly came out of the Indiana National Guard back in the 70s

 

Always a crowd pleaser, particularly with the kiddos at Gun Shows

pretty funny...I run into more children that know exactly what Manvilles & Hawks are these days than adults due to Video Gaming

 

Have a mess of this stuff I have accumulated

from the Mannville up to cutting edge current like the FN303 & Korean pneumatic rubber bullet guns

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A lot of these came out of Indiana. I need to look back at the article I wrote for SAR about Manvilles maybe 9 or 10 years ago, but I think they were based out of Indiana originally. Bill Helmer had one of the 12 gauge models that ended up being purchased by a museum in DC that has since closed. It was serial number 001.

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

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A lot of these came out of Indiana. I need to look back at the article I wrote for SAR about Manvilles maybe 9 or 10 years ago, but I think they were based out of Indiana originally. Bill Helmer had one of the 12 gauge models that ended up being purchased by a museum in DC that has since closed. It was serial number 001.

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

 

I have/had paperwork on mine regarding providence and it's use in some major Indiana Labor riot in the 30s. Not been able to find it since the ex sandwich maker decided to clean up the man cave so maybe was tossed. Had another 25mm with 12 gauge sleeves you could drop in the drum years ago. That came out of a PD. Even swap for two nice Ithica M37s MPDS guns and is now in the NFTR.

 

My understanding was that the IN National Guard bought a number in the 30s as did Michigan

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You guys are really being mean. I do want a Manville for the collection but my play money is accounted for. I'll just be satisfied drooling for now. However, any information that anyone has on Manville or locations of the plants will be gratefully appreciated. I've not had time to see if I can dig up anything in Pontiac on history, but I am sure there is some out there. I tried to locate the plant, but not sure I had the right building and it was not really an area I wanted to spend a lot of time wandering around. I understand that all the tooling and assets were destroyed.

 

Ron

 

PS I like the patent shown on display with the revolvers, BM, that's a nice touch.

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So the Julia gun brought $7762.50. That's gotta be a record. I'm in the process of closing the deal on an interesting Manville.

I'll post details once it's completed

Lord...that's just INSANE money

 

I could see maybe up to 5K for a well appointed set in the transit case that hadn't been all polished to death.

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