That's certainly a romantic idea.

But are you still interested if it was issued to an animal control officer in Tel Aviv?

M

 

Do you think that the Mossad would mark ANY weapon so that it could be tied to them? Not likely.

 

Unless that stamp definitively identifies it as a Mossad issued gun follow the rule that one buys the gun, not the story.

 

yes u are right but I Was searching for a 22 LR one, and that it was owned by mossad
is anyway a piece of history compared to a normale 22 LR PPK and could have a bigger collector value or not ?

 

I sniffed around the net, and found the same mark on Israeli equipment:

Show off your Israel K98's

Not necessarily Mossad, but most likely Israeli.

 

In the 70th the Israelis eqipped armed sky marshalls with Berettas (Mod. 70+71) or Walther PPKs, all chambered in .22lr, to protect 'El Al' flights. As a rule these sky marshalls were members of the Israeli army, a unit called 'Sarjeret Markal'.

The guns were marked with the star of David on the frame (with the Hebrew letter of 'tsadi' (= Israel defence force) and the sign of 'nun' (= Israel proof mark).

(Source: Dieter Marschall)

 

What description did Dieter give about the PPK pistols issued to dog-catchers in cal. .22LR so that wild animals could be dispatched without upsetting residential neighborhoods?

M

 

Not mentioned, sorry. But recently I saw a Baden-Wuerttemberg surplus PP w. Hebrew marked hangtag someone discribed as Israeli gun. Perhaps this one could match.

Btw: I believe in young sprint stars trained later as a dog-catcher to be able to run away quick if the wild animal is f.e. a wild hog shot w. a .22lr ...

 

what wild animals?

 

Lex you are bad , for penance you must take a non- believer to the range and make them drop their non .ayb p.s.you get double credit if it is your wife or significant other four times if is a parent .

 

Penance? You know....these comments above from you makes absolutely no sense, I'd really like a clarification. Perhaps you've had a bad day.

 

It's possible I've come across a few different guns with the Israel defense mark.

 

Lex , lions , and tigers, and bears , oh my , of curse what other kinds of "WILD ANIMALS "do you have in Kalifornia's wide urban spaces , grizzlies and mountain lions for sure ,but tigers not so much I think . It was not meant to make any sense Lex just an ilconcieved attempt at humor if I gave offence I apologize ,but the "penance " was a " good " one for Kali don't cha think . ayb

 

I think we can all agree that a seller's assertion that a gun was used by some elite unit is often concocted to make it more enticing to the buyer. In many cases there is little if any substantiation.

M