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Thread: Dreyse 1907 ?
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August 1st, 2018, 10:35 AM #1Active Member
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Dreyse 1907 ?
So found this in the back of my dad's safe wrapped in a old cotton bag. I think its a Dreyes 1907. Its pretty beat up. Anyone know anything about them? Is it worth cleaning up and shooting or just keeping it like it is as a back of the safe gun?
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August 1st, 2018, 12:06 PM #2Grand Member
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Re: Dreyse 1907 ?
i'd only oil it up and give it proper grips.
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August 1st, 2018, 12:21 PM #3
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It's a Dreyse all right. I had one just like it many years ago, right down to the home-made grips. It's a .32 acp gun, so you should be able to shoot it if it isn't broken.
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August 1st, 2018, 01:39 PM #4
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I have one I inherited from my dad, cool little gun but last I checked they have little collector value. My Dryse has nazi proof marks', I have the holster and a wound badge. I only fired it once decades ago but it was accurate enough to hit a can at about 10 yards.
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August 1st, 2018, 01:46 PM #5Active Member
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Yea , its not pretty enough to be a collectible. I might just try to clean it up some and just keep it in the safe. Who knows , maybe Ill take it to the next gun show and see if one of the old military guys want to trade something for it. I really dont have any emotional attachment to it because it was probably my grandmothers 2nd husbands and my dad got it when she died.
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August 3rd, 2018, 05:55 PM #6
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The one thing about the Dryse is you don't see very many of them around. I've had a interest in firearms since the mid nineties and I think I've only seen one Dryse pistol for sale at a gun shop or show. Although my dad didnt bring it back from WW2 it still has sentimental value to me because it was my dad's pistol.
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Re: Dreyse 1907 ?
I'd tear it down, carefully clean it. Lightly oil it. Put it in a baggy in a climate controlled safe.
Shoot it? Only if I slugged it first. Just in case that the bore is a bit different from modern 32 ACP. Go over it carefully.
My worry about using such an old firearm is a lack of spare parts.
I have two relative's firearms. Both were prized possessions. They'll never see a range again.
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August 3rd, 2018, 10:10 PM #8
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GHOST GUN!
I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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April 22nd, 2020, 08:42 PM #9
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