Originally Posted by Parabola
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They went to a surprising amount of trouble to duplicate the false pins and tumbler axis on the right hand lock plate.

My Stoeger catalog, marked No. 52, includes the same ad as Parabola's--minus the Nov57 date reference. Unfortunately, my book lost its cover somewhere along the line, so I'm not sure when mine was published. (If someone has a Stoeger catalog #52 with a cover, perhaps they can help me out.) For some reason and at some point, I guesstimated mine to date from either 1960 or 61. Same $125 price on the Honker.

Spanish guns in general sold for relatively low prices in the States back then. But Victor Sarasqueta guns had a pretty good reputation. His firm made true "bests" which were not imported by Stoeger. But my experience with a couple less expensive models that were Stoeger imports were positive.