Roughly 250,000 were built during WWII.Īfter the war, the Oberndorf factory was occupied by the French, and they built a quantity between 19 before razing the factory. They were produced for both the German police units as well as the Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Wehrmacht (“Heer”– Army) as adjunct standard to the existing supply of the Walther pistols.
Production began in 1940 at approximately serial number 700,000 as an extension of the Model 1934’s serial range. Some have opined that this is “Art Deco,” but as a practical matter, it might make the HSc easier to quickly re-holster or slide into a pocket.įinally, the Mauser used the older German “heel-catch” magazine release, while the Walther twins used the still prevalent Browning style button release. Said trigger guard also has a sweeping fillet that is contoured toward the muzzle. Rather than the PP/PPK trigger guard that pulls down to initiate field-stripping, the Mauser uses a spring-loaded plunger located inside the forward trigger guard. Unlike Walther’s safety lever which uses rotating block to prevent the hammer from contacting the firing pin during decocking, the Mauser’s has a stub firing pin extension that rotates out of the way with its drum, thus making an accidental mechanical discharge impossible. The hammer is a nearly fully-shrouded design, to help ease the draw from a pocket as it will not snag.
So did its fixed barrel with circumferential recoil spring placement, the lack of an external slide stop ( hold-open device lever), a slide mounted decocker/safety lever on the left rear, and hammer-fired operation. The pistol is of conventional all-steel construction, and its double/single action lockwork mimicked the Walther product. 32ACP, but better known on the Continent as 7.65 Browning, it is a blowback recoil-operated pistol with several unique features. The letters “HSc” refer to “Hahn Selbstspanner Pistole,” while “c” stood for Third Variation after the first prototype models. To compete, Alex Seidel of Mauserwerke designed the HSc. Mauser HSc Pistol Early Production Nazi Mauser HSc Police Pocket Pistol **IMG Rock Island Auctions
0 kommentar(er)
