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« on: March 28, 2020, 04:01:13 PM »
The Ulm proof house was established in 1952. It replaced the Oberndorf proof house which ground to a halt in april, 1945.
During French control proofing was done in-house at Mauser. There was a period of uncertainty in april, 1945 during the evacuation of part of the Mauser staff, tools, machines and parts en route to Austria.
It is not unlikely that those who remained behind redistributed guns to locals for self protection.
It would also have taken some time for the French to come up with a game plan. But the number of unproofed HSc's is still going to be limited, despite the uncertainties Oberndorf and Mauser had to deal with.
It is still strange why HSc's under French control were WR proofed and P38's were Star proofed. Have to check what they did on WTP pistols.