![]() ![]() It was very popular with senior German officers, but didn't seem to get the engraved treatment many of the Walther PP and PPK models got for presentation to Nazi officials.Īlmost unknown is that the Mauser HSc was sold to the Swiss during the war. However the design that was settled on was the very effective production version where the hammer stays cocked but the firing pin is locked and lifted up so the hammer cannot contact it. The Mauser has been described as an Art Decco pistol because of the very modern and streamlined design.īefore the war several different designs for the safety system were experimented with, including one where the hammer was dropped as the safety was applied. These were the Mauser HSc, the Sauer 38H, and the Walther PP and PPK. ![]() The Mauser HSc was one of the "Big Three" German pocket automatics of the 1930 that revolutionized the small automatic pistol. They are easy to carry, accurate, and quick to draw from a holster due to their sleek profile. These were popular with the German police forces, the German military - Army, Navy, and Air Forces. I have found these HSc pistols very addicting to collect due to their elegant design and different variations made throughout WWII and after. There are very few of the phosphate examples out there and even fewer with the WaA135 military acceptance marking. The top pistol in the photographs is the much more common blued example, while the bottom example is finished in the late war German phosphate coating. The examples below are both late war pistols accepted by the German military as evidenced by their WaA135 waffenampt inspector’s mark on the trigger guard. They are really well designed pocket pistols in. ![]() I have been interested in these neat little German pistols since I saw an example owned by a collector buddy. It just screams modern concealed carry to me.Īnyway, I thought I’d post a couple of photographs of two of the Mauser model HSC pistols I have in my collection. Looking at and handling an HSc to me feels as though it would have been produced many decades later than the late 1930’s. One of those designs in my opinion is the Mauser made pocket pistol model HSc. During that conflict, Germany designed some truly ground breaking small arms. In addition to collecting Colt pistols and revolvers, I have always been interested in military weapons - especially those from WWII. ![]()
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