Soooo, on saturday my friend Mark and I decided to take some time off and go on a shopping spree. Mark needed a case of Russian military surplus AK ammo and I wanted to get a whiff of old packing grease again. So we went to Cornet (
http://www.armes-cornet.com/catalogues_guerre.htm). Nothing special, just about the largest gunshop in Brussels (and maybe in the whole country). The whole place is like a big vault encompasing the 3rd floor of a building, so basically they don't have to secure the guns individually. Once you're inside it's like a museum where you get to touch and handle all the exhibits ! Puddles of drool can occasionally be seen on the floor ...
They have a large selection of everything from bayonets to Maxim's with multiple examples of each model for you to choose from.
After fondling and dismantling SMG's for a while I selected a nice FN-made UZI for myself. Ex-belgian police issue dated 1978. Just some very minor outer wear, internally it looks like it has never been fired. Small crack in the right grip panel but the guy included a factory new replacement set at no extra charge. They also had some Israeli and German military issue, but those exhibited much more wear & tear. I then repeated the process on the other side of the room, where they had a rack of shiny factory refurbished Tula SVT40 rifles. All of them 1941 dated except one 1940. They all had minor stock repairs except one, so I picked out that beauty.
And that concluded my shopping for the day ... Oh yeah, also picked up 4 boxes of 12ga slugs on the way out.
Some items I passed-up on: Beautiful MP43 (at 2650 €), Colt 1860 army model fully engraved silver plated and gold inlaid with Tiffany sterling grips (no pricetag) ...
Now don't come nagging for pix, yall know what an UZI and an SVT40 look like and I will only get the actual guns after the paperwork is done in minimum 3 months time ... Patience is a virtue I've been told.
BRGDS, A