1935 Hyde-Inland barrel

[Mywifesgunakillme]

I believe this to be a 1935 Hyde-Inland barrel, and from what I have read, Winchester was given the contract to produce 100 barrels. This barrel is marked "29", so I assume that it could have been the 29th barrel made during the development and testing phase. It is in near mint condition. The bluing is excellent. The bore is mirror bright, and it doesn't show any signs of a front sight ever being mounted. I would love to get my hands on a parts kit or DEWAT if they even exist. I assume with such low production numbers that there are very few if any out in the hands of collectors today. Does anyone have an idea of a value for such a barrel?

Edited January 14, 2016 by Mywifesgunakillme

[cubguy]

I would like first chance if you decide to sell

[troll]

Hi,

 

Could you explain more. I never heard of that type of barrel.

[Big Al]

It appears to be a barrel for a Hyde Model 1935 submachine gun. Inland, division of General Motors, wasn't involved with this gun. It was designed by George J. Hyde and financed by Romanian immigrant businessman Jean Koree. Following is linked an excellent article by the forum's own David Albert on the Model 35.

 

http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1697

[dalbert]

I believe this to be a 1935 Hyde-Inland barrel, and from what I have read, Winchester was given the contract to produce 100 barrels. This barrel is marked "29", so I assume that it could have been the 29th barrel made during the development and testing phase. It is in near mint condition. The bluing is excellent. The bore is mirror bright, and it doesn't show any signs of a front sight ever being mounted. I would love to get my hands on a parts kit or DEWAT if they even exist. I assume with such low production numbers that there are very few if any out in the hands of collectors today. Does anyone have an idea of a value for such a barrel?

 

It looks like a Hyde Model 35 barrel.

 

It appears to be a barrel for a Hyde Model 1935 submachine gun. Inland, division of General Motors, wasn't involved with this gun. It was designed by George J. Hyde and financed by Romanian immigrant businessman Jean Koree. Following is linked an excellent article by the forum's own David Albert on the Model 35.

 

http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1697

 

Big Al,

 

Thanks for the link to my 2006 Hyde SMG article, and your kind words. The Koree documents were probably my greatest eBay find...ever.

 

All,

 

I have one of these barrels, but I'm away from it at the moment. I don't remember it having a number on the breech Very interesting feature that I'm going to have to check on mine when I can.

 

The barrels are probably still available at Numrich. Thats where I got mine about 10 years ago.

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

[dalbert]

I was wrong about Numrich still having them. I just checked. They had the barrels featured in their Shotgun News ads for many years. Mine looks brand new.

 

I need to review my article again...Going from memory, I think Remington may have made the barrels. These would be barrels that were intended to be built into guns around 1935-36, but the project was abandoned.

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

[Mywifesgunakillme]

It was an excellent article. Winchester was mentioned as producing two batches of 100 barrels each with total production of the model 1935 SMG to be between 86-101 units, not including prototype and test models. So, there aren't more than 200 barrels in existence. If the threads were the same, I'd mount it on a Tommy.