
The early pistols have well-made wooden grips, and are highly polished and richly blued. Production began in late 1940 at serial number 700,000, as an extension of the serial number range of the Mauser Model 1934 pistol, a much more difficult pistol to manufacture. HSc pistols used by the Luftwaffe or Waffen-SS were procured from Army and police stocks. It was procured initially by the navy (Kriegsmarine) soon followed by the Army and police. It competed with the contemporary German Walther PPK and PP and Sauer 38H for police and military use. The Mauser HSc was originally intended as a commercial pistol. It features a semi-exposed hammer, double-action trigger, single-column magazine, and a spring surrounding the barrel. Production was continued in 1945–46 during the French occupation and, later, from 1968 to 1977 by Mauser. The designation HSc stood for Hahn Selbstspanner (‘self-cocking hammer’) Pistole, third and final design 'C’. The Mauser HSc is a 7.65mm pistol made in Nazi Germany during World War II and post-war. World War II, First Indochina War, Burundian Civil War (1)Ĩ-round detachable box magazine (.32 ACP)ħ-round detachable box magazine (.380 ACP) He also gave me an American holster with it but i cant find any information about it. Its in.32 caliber and is in very good overall condition the serial number is 7774xx. My great uncle gave me this mauser HSc as a graduation present and im trying to figure out more information about this model and the date of manufacture.
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The serial numbers of the Mauser 1934 was continued with the Mauser HSc. The Mauser HSc (Hahn-Selbstspannerpistole Modell c) replaced the outdated Mauser 1934.
