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Originally Posted by ACP230
Just got one of those pistol a few months ago.
A bit worse condition than the one pictured, but not bad.
I had never owned a .380 before. Always had .32 ACP pocket pistols.
Would have liked a .32 M51 also but have never seen one.
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Only about 16% of the roughly 65,000 Model 51s were made in .32 ACP caliber. Most of them were shipped to Europe, where that was a popular caliber. In the U.S., they were available pretty much only on special order. That's why they are so rare here today. They were made only from 1921 to about 1927, although a few may have been assembled and sold as late as 1935.
John