Originally Posted by PALADIN85020

Tex,

I do have a DVD of the Guns of Navarone - I'll have to look for that scene when I have time. The comment I made about squirt guns at the start of the article comes from personal experience as a kid in the early '50s - I had a transparent lime green plastic squirt pistol that was a pretty perfect rendition of the Mauser single action pocket pistol. I recall buying it at the neighborhood hardware store for not much coin.

The price in 1939 was probably low because Mauser was liquidating its inventory of a soon to be obsolete gun - the HSc was introduced and sold the next year.

And yes, I do have a pic of the other side! Not quite as photogenic as the right side, probably due to holster wear. Most holster guns seem to wear more on the side closest to the body. Only one pic can be shown for the Blue Press articles.

John