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Old 03-13-2010, 01:12 AM
john traveler john traveler is offline
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I strongly suspect that your custom M59 came out of Italy. The reason I believe that is civilian ownership of military caliber pistols are restricted, and the 7.62 Parabellum is a popular alternative to 9x19. You will also find Browning HP and various Beretta, Czech, and German pistols in that caliber.

Also, in my business trips to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, many of the rarely available (if not most) sporting arms are imported from vendors in Italy. If you think gun ownership is tightly restricted in some parts of Europe and the USA, you should look at what it is like in Saudi Arabia. If you are not authorized military, police, or have "connections", it's very difficult to own a pistol.
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