The $6,000 Mousegun

[tombogan03884]

That price is ridiculous. Considering that so many were made they are currently selling for less than $500
Belmont Firearms has one if interested www.GUNSNH.com

[alfsauve]

A more recent article ion the FH-45 Liberatore was in AR was on March 2007.   There they estimated NIBs would top at about $4k.

The pistol wasn't widely distributed and I don't think there was a documented case of it being used.  The few distributed were to occupied islands in the south Pacific.   It's effect on the war was minimal.   Most were dumped or melted down after the war.

Handled on NIB owned by my daughter-in-laws father.  Cool piece of history.

Alf
 

[tumblebug]

I belive the idea was to get them in the hand's of the resistance and to use it to get the enemies wepon to fight with.

[MikeBjerum]

Tumblebug named the purpose of the gun.  I believe it came with a cartoon instruction sheet, a few rounds of ammo in the grip, and a wooden dowel to clear the spent case.  If I remember the article correctly the war came to an end before most were able to distribute them, and the rest were dumped overboard as the ships returned to the U.S.

I remember back in the 70's when I first saw a picture of one of these.  I was working in a Chevy garage, and I thought they looked just like the lock mechanism out of a car trunk.  The next paragraph in the article explained how GM made them in their stamping machines.  So much for the similarity.  I'm surprised GM didn't offer to take the extras back to turn into locks.

I don't have the old American Rifleman mag. around anymore, but didn't they talk in the article about how few of these there are left?  Or, it could have been stated on the show.  Sometime last year they showed it on American Rifleman, and someone actually got to shoot it.  That would tell me that the NRA Museum has more than one if they actually let someone use one.

[jaybet]

That looks like the Pez dispenser capable of launching a .45 ACP that I was talking about on another thread.

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[Walter45Auto]

It was said it took longer to load than it did to make. I wouldn't mind having one. Definitely a good "Bet'cha don't have one of these" piece to show around to your shooting buddies.

[Walter45Auto]

Bet it'll feed hollow points....

[Badgersmilk]

If it sells for $6K it may be worth trying to pound a few replica's out of old soup cans!

[w-dawg15]

Small and strange...man I wish i had one.

[david86440]

Small and strange...man I wish i had one.

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