#SIG SAUER 38H FOR SALE MANUAL#
First to suffer was the external finish of guns later on, some safety features were dropped, and pistols from late period of WW2 can be found either without a manual safety on the slide or without the cocking/decocking lever on the frame (or without either, on last-ditch pistols). Pre-war Sauer 38H pistols were made to rather high standards of fit and finish however, as the war fortune turned its back towards Germany, some cost- and time-saving efforts were made to make guns faster and cheaper. Sauer 38H pistol was used by various police and security forces in Hitler's Germany Wehrmacht, the German armed force, also adopted this pistol as substitute standard and ordered some 200 thousands of this pistol to be issued to officers. First patents for this system were issued in 1935, but final design was completed by 1938, when this pistol was brought to the market as Sauer 38H (H stands for hahn, or hammer in German, to distinguish this pistol from earlier Sauer designs, all of which were striker-fired). Since about 1932, Sauer engineers were working on an interesting trigger system, that employed concealed hammer and external cocking and decocking lever, located on the side of the gun. Sauer made first semiautomatic pistols just before WW1, and continued to make quality pocket pistols during interwar period. Sauer & son is one of the oldest names in European firearms industry.
#SIG SAUER 38H FOR SALE SERIAL#
Sauer and Sohn and replied, "I'll be right there".īelow is a picture of the pistol that I bought which was WWII manufactured and carried the eagle and swaztika acceptance marks by the serial number.
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The sales guy asked if I was interested in the J.P.
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Today, I called to ask if the pistol was still available, fully well knowing that it was the end of the month and the pressure was on with the sales folks to move the last of the "inventory" out of the store before they made their way to the Shot Show. Last week, I'd given up hope and moved on to "other" projects, i.e. Well, I said, "if you decide you don't want it, than please give me a call." After that, I left and in the ensuing weeks would check with him to see if he still wanted the pistol. While I was admiring it, he told me that he planned to buy it for himself. 32 ACP German Made handgun with a solf patina and worn grips. With reverance, he set it on the counter to show me. The salesman there showed me a handgun that he had taken in on trade and decided to buy for himself.įrom behind the counter, he brought out a medium size (Walther sized) handgun wrapped in a rag. About the first of this month and way before Christmas, I was at the local gun dealer.