G&A Mystery Gun: Identify and Win!

July 12, 2012 By S.P. Fjestad

OK senior licensed gunocologists, assorted gun nuts, tenured behind-the-gun-counter employees, Googlemeisters, firearms expert wannabes and aging camoed rocket scientists — you can raise your firearms ACT score considerably if you can identify this pistol.

I'm even going to give you a couple of clues to make this easier, so you can get on with your zombie sightings:

It is chambered for 9mm Parabellum

It has a cast aluminum body

It is currently valued about the same as a new Honda Accord

The first person to correctly identify this mystery gun and year(s) of production will receive a complimentary deluxe hardcover of the 33^rd edition Blue Book of Gun Values ($85 value) signed and inscribed by the author/publisher. However, you better hurry — time's up on July 25. Submit your answers in the comments section below.

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