The first two views are the completed pistol in a right and left view.

These next two pictures show it field striped.

You can see the chisel marks on the frame where the metal was cut away and filed to make the grip openings.

The trigger bar and disconnector looked like they were beat out of what ever they could get and then filed.

You can see the chisel marks in the slide grove.

The magazine catch is also missing, but it too was also chiseled out.

A close up of the hand made screws

a top view of the frame showing the barrel notches and the spring grove.

Close up of the barrel groves

The slide

A close up of the block, look at the chisel marks here.

The barrel was also hand made

The recoil spring and guide.

I am not sure what caliber this pistol is in. The magazine well looks to be large enough for 7.62×25. A caliber way to powerful for a basic blow back pistol.

This pistol is an interesting design and build.

This is the locking device and recoil spring guide for the 7.63×25 Howard Francis carbine. There is only one prototype that is known to have been made in late 1943. It uses a No.1 Mk3. receiver and was converted to a semi-automatic magazine fed carbine.

A black and write photo of the complete rifle.

The rifle and it’s basic component parts.

Close up of the receiver with the bolt installed.

And with out the bolt.

And a quick look at the bolt.

This rifle is on the bucket list to make. So I started by buying a couple of drill purpose rifles.

I then removed the charger clip guide.

And after machining.

More to come on this project. It took a back seat to the VG1-5 project.

It is just to cute not to have one.

This is a look at the larger magazine that was issued with this weapon.

This is the Sub machine gun.

This is the special 7.62×25 cartridge that was used  with this weapon.