Guys, a while back I traded a board member for a Maxim tripod style traverse lug, meaning it has no stud on the bottom jaw holding it to the traverse bridge. This one is made to swing off when the gun is removed and is semi permanently pined to the rear lugs of the Maxim. Anyway, we could not figure out who the manufacture of the lug was. No one seemed to have ever seen this artillery shell looking proof with an "H" in it. The closest I had found was a French design but it just did not really fit anything.
Well a few months have gone by and I made a trade for a DWM 1909 Commercial Maxim fusee spring. Its a pretty rare piece as no one seems to have a 1909 Commercial Maxim. Well guess what? It has the same proof on it! So it looks like I have started to piece together a 1909 Commercial Maxim!
Has anyone else have any 1909 Commercial Maxim parts?
That's really cool. The only guns I can think of in any number in the US would be Costa Rican guns. The large scale users of the 09's (switzerland and china) didn't use that type of fusee link. That was purely an early and short lived feature on the export 09 actually made in Germany. I don't know if any of the other commercial 09 guns made it in as parts kits or what not, but they would be even more scarce than the few Costa Rican guns out there I would imagine.
Good luck on your hunt.
