China was at war with Japan long before we were. China used a huge assortment of imported and domestic weapons. One of the most interesting was a copy of the Mauser C 96 enlarged to take the 45 ACP round made at the Shenxi provincial arsenal..
Two Shenxis, the stock is original, the leather probably not.
The lock work: the lock on top is from a Shenxi, the bottom is from an original Mauser.
Stripper clip with ten 45 ACP rounds.
Table of dates of manufacture. The dates are reckoned from the founding of the Chinese Republic in 1912. See; join the S&W forum and you'll learn to read Chinese.
Date stamping on a Shenxi. the two characters for the date are the third and fourth from the right. This one is dated 18 (1930).
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