Not one, but *seven* rare Victory Arms MC5s
Royal Armouries
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8m 14s
One of several attempts by British handgun manufacturers in the 1980s to reignite the British handgun industry was the Victory Arms MC5. Attempting to appeal to the masses with its ambidextrous controls and rapid ability to switch between calibres, it still couldn’t quite break into the market dominated by popular designs from abroad.
Join Christian for this episode to see not one, not two, but a handful of early production models and prototypes of this very rare self-loading pistol.
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