Yes, it's real.

Nice Kongsberg M1914.

Although it's not a Colt... These were produced from 1916-1948 at Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk in Norway, under a license from FN who held production license rights to Browning's pistols in Europe.

This particular one is actually one of the pistols produced under German occupation between 1940-1945, for use by the German military. The serial number puts it at 1941 production.

War trophy from your grandfather's WW2 service? Or just a cool find he picked up on the secondary market?

No kidding. I posted about these maybe 5 or 6 months back. Cool, 8 months back and its still there.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
War trophy from your grandfather's WW2 service? Or just a cool find he picked up on the secondary market?

Yes. He got it from a POW.

Awesome.

These M1914s are fairly uncommon and valuable these days, routinely selling for $2000-$4000+ on the collectors' market. The even less common later occupation production ones, once the Germans started marking them with actual German waffenamt acceptance marks in early 1945, go for twice that.

Here's a good overview of the model's history:

How did I know Rogue would get it.......

Always a pleasure

Oh, my gosh! You mean guys who actually fought in the trenches didn't lose fine-motor skills and had to fan their slide when reloading, the way you'd fan your crotch if it was on fire?!

Always wondered why a slide lock of that style never made the aftermarket rounds.

Nice m1914! Did you ever fire it?

Yes, my grandfather fired it.

Last time was 1968, it hasn't been shot since.

My Dad also brought a Norwegian Colt home from WWII...
He said he took it from a “DP”.
I have it, and the bring back paper hand typed in France, allowing him to bring it home. His was made in 1929.

Thanks for posting. I was unaware of these until today.