Some WWII Military Issue Sidearms

[sheepdawg]

Hey dawg, how 'bout some photos. You saw that I had two Mauser's pictured. I also have a Model 1934 that was built in 1939 but it's a commercial model, not military so I didn't include it. (It's also, unfortunately, refinished. It's a cool looking little pistol and fun shooter though.)

Based on all the nice comments it seems like a lot of folks here enjoy lookin' at the old battle veterans. So, why not add yours to the thread.

I collect this kind of Mauser.





This one's almost of a sidearm.

 

[Cyrano]

I collect this kind of Mauser.


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To each his own. I collect this kind; unfortunatly none of them are WW II vintage, although the Shenxi 45, last photo, made in 1930, probably saw some action then.

 

[Cyrano]

I forgot. I DO have a Mauser that went through World War II. It started out as a German Army contract Mauser in 9mm Luger for World War I like the one in the first picture. They call them 'Red 9s' .

After World War I, it had the barrel shortened to 100mm, and the front sight sleeved onto the stub of the original barrel in acccordance with the directives of the Interallied Control Commission that controlled German military items post WW I. It also had the adjustable rear sight removed and a fixed sight installed. It had the post WW I army acceptance mark of SU 4 stamped on the right side of the barrel extension. This is called the Weimar Republic model.

It stayed in the German service a long time, and in World War II it went to Norway with the German occupation forces, and spent the war there. After Germany surrendered in 1945 it was seized by the Norwegian Army. In the late 1950s, the Norwegian Army surplussed the pistol and stamped it with the Norwegian rampant lion on the left side to show that it was sold legitimately. They were retailed by some outfit in California in the 1960s. It still had the original Weimar Republic pigskin holster marked R. Larsen, Berlin, 1925.

 

[Faulkner]

The "stuff" that goes with a WWII firearms collection can get nearly as expensive as the firearms.

 

[kmyers]

That is a great collection of firearms and medals.

 

[Quiet 1]

Oh, man! Those are some GREAT photos of WWII (and prior) official military issued weapons. Keep 'em comin'. Maybe we can start a new "sticky" thread.