FP-45 LIBERATOR MODEL 2 (EARLIER MODEL)

Description

FP-45 LIBERATOR MODEL 2 – CUSTOM / SPECIAL ORDER (8-12 WEEKS DELIVERY) 

​For the Liberator collector who has just about everything we offer some special order pistols conforming to the earliest guns to come out of Guide Lamp.  These are made by hand in the shop from our Model 3 parts that we modify to the earlier patterns.  It is time consuming to say the least.  it was an informative exercise to build these up.

As I was hand forming the the parts for the Model 2 guide pin, I got a profound feeling of historic deja-vu as it occurred to me I was repeating their exact activities of some 68 years before.  Having shot the Liberator too often to ever want to shoot one again, it’s obvious to me that the fragile guide pin on the top of the cocking piece of the Model 2 will not hold up long under recoil.

This is why on the familiar Model 3, the cocking piece was redesigned with a heavy supporting rib on the top to strengthen the mounting point for the guide pin.  These are special order items.  We may or may not have these items in stock.  If not, expect up to a month wait time for us to make one up in our next assembly cycle.   Since these early models were never issued, it would not be appropriate for them to be packed in a box.

* FFL NEEDED

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE 

The original FP-45 is a clever and efficiently designed weapon but it has never received any accolades for operational safety.  Once it is loaded, the only safe way to handle it is with the zinc cocking piece turned fully 90 degrees to the right or left so that the rear corner of the pistol’s grip frame will prevent it from rotating into firing position.  If the cocking piece is re-aligned and the guide pin inserted through the hole in the cover slide as illustrated in the original instructions, THE PISTOL IS COCKED AND READY TO FIRE.  IF DROPPED IN THIS STATE, IT COULD DISCHARGE CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH.   Some worn original guns will have no mechanical means to hold the zinc cocking piece securely in the safe 90 degree position because the bottom of the firing pin boss is worn off from repetitive careless scrapping across the steel frame.  There is no safe way to handle these pistols.   A loaded pistol should never be un-cocked by lowering the zinc cocking piece when it is aligned in firing position.  To do so would place the firing pin, under spring pressure, directly on top of the primer of the chambered cartridge.  IF THE PISTOL WAS JARRED OR DROPPED IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY TO DISCHARGE.