M38A1-Josh Posted December 5, 2024 Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 (edited) SOLD I've had a lot of fun shooting this but I've decided to sell it to fund other toys. The asking price is $10,000.00. I own it on a Form 4 in PA currently. I will pay the first stamp if it is transferring to a dealer before going out of state. It should be C&R eligible. It was amnesty registered on a form 4467 in 1968. A copy of the 4467 will be included. The form is unique in that two NFA items were listed on this form and it was approved. The guy only had one paper form, and he had two items to register, so he put them both on the form as item A and B. Buyer pays shipping. Inspection and test fire are possible if you come to my location. It is a war trophy bring back from WWII ETO, it has never been demilled, it is numbers matching, and it is a DD that is easy to transport, store, and shoot. Relatively rare, I have found few others in private hands, fewer less as nice as this one, and you can probably count on one hand the number of them being enjoyed as shooters The chest pad on this one is in good condition. Some out there have torn up or missing chest pads. Since getting it I have unbolted the chest pad and stored it away to preserve it. The only thing missing that could complete it are the shoulder straps for transporting it when folded into a backpack. I think this is the only one I have seen with the tropic green paint applied to it. You can see it is applied over the typical olive green paint. You can review the two pages here with pictures and videos of this mortar: https://www.1919a4.com/threads/45mm-italian-brixia-model-35-mortar.112620/ You can shoot this mortar indirectly or directly using your own projectiles made by various methods. Some use wooden baton rounds or cast/machined metal projectiles. I've been using 3D prints and molded plastics. This works like a AR15 can cannon upper and 7.62x39 blanks work to fire it. They are just a hair long in terms of headspace and sometimes you have to close the action twice to get them to fire, but typically if working the action with enthusiasm the mortar fires reliably. I have only used the PPU non-corrosive boxer primed brass blanks (currently available from Midway). I have saved every fired case. They are formed to the chamber now, so you can trim and reload those to make your own blank recipe. The first pictures in the linked thread shows a 3D printed blank cartridge magazine in the gun. It does come with an original magazine in excellent condition. I will provide the molded and 3D printed projectiles I currently have on hand as well as any 3D model files to help you get going. Also included is one original projectile in very good condition, missing the safety cap, and one nice projectile in relic condition with the safety cap. I have some rubber projectiles I bought that were listed as movie props for the Brixia. They are a little undersize, but I have fired them using a wrap of electrical tape around them. One original blank cartridge is included. These run $20-$40, so not something you want to use as more than a reference item. Edited December 21, 2024 by M38A1-Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M38A1-Josh Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2024 (edited) Took some photos of the Brixia with the chest pad bolted back on the tripod, the original magazine installed, various rubber molded and plastic 3D printed projectiles, the fired blank cases for reloading, a new 6.5 Carcano sizing die which can be machined shorter to form brass for blanks, and the two original projectiles. I forgot to put the original collector blank in the photo. Edited December 7, 2024 by M38A1-Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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