Description

A Guide Lamp Co. Liberator .45" FP-45 Pistol.

Decent condition. The overall length is 5.5 inches.

The pistol is new specification and comes with its deactivation certificate.

It can be cocked & dry fired.

The serial number is a very low 248.

UK postage is £8.

The FP-45 Liberator was a pistol manufactured by the United States military during World War II for use by resistance forces in occupied territories.

The Liberator project took about 6 months in 1942 from conception to end of production with about 11 weeks of actual manufacturing time, done by 300 workers.

The FP-45 was a crude, single-shot pistol designed to be cheaply and quickly mass produced. The Liberator had just 23 largely stamped and turned steel parts that were cheap and easy to manufacture. It fired a .45 caliber pistol cartridge from an unrifled barrel. Due to the unrifled barrel, it was intended for very close ambush (1-4 m). Its maximum effective range was only about 25 feet (less than 8 m). At longer range, the bullet would begin to tumble and stray off course. Because of the low quality, it was nicknamed the "Woolworth gun."