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Model HSC Pistol / Re: Some range time with your Hsc
« on: December 06, 2019, 06:47:38 AM »
I guess very few Hsc owners shoot them. Too bad, there great weapons!
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Model HSC Pistol / Some range time with your Hsc
« on: December 02, 2019, 11:44:47 PM »
Have you shot your Hsc lately? They are very accurate weapons!
I exercise my French made Hsc 6 times a year. In this session I fired 11 rounds at 16 ft with Speer GoldDot 60 grain ammo. They punch real clean holes. I usually take it every other month to the range along with my EDC.
The Hsc is just about the same size a Sig P-938 and just as accurate.
I exercise my French made Hsc 6 times a year. In this session I fired 11 rounds at 16 ft with Speer GoldDot 60 grain ammo. They punch real clean holes. I usually take it every other month to the range along with my EDC.
The Hsc is just about the same size a Sig P-938 and just as accurate.
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Model HSC Pistol / Re: Slide Lock problem
« on: November 15, 2018, 09:40:05 PM »
Years ago I had the same problem with a aftermarket mag with a plastic follower. The slide would stay open after the last shot but when I tried to remove the mag it was very hard. When I was able to pull it out the slide would close. The factory mag has never done this once. After comparing it with the factory mag and taking different measurements I found up to a .030 difference in some measurements. I also found using a dial indicator that the body was a bit of a parallelogram by about .008 .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelogram
Are you using the factory magazine?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelogram
Are you using the factory magazine?
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Model HSC Pistol / Re: The French HSc The one no one talks about
« on: November 12, 2018, 07:03:41 PM »
This one is just about in the middle of their production run.(in the 96xxxx) Just about every piece of this HSc was phosphated and the finish has held up well. I have had it for 38 years. Very nice shooter!
Here are the two mags side by side.
Here is a picture of three mags. The one on the far right is a Mauser stamped war mag, the one in the middle is a French
made mag with the half moon rib. The third on the left well that's one of those aftermarket mags that only hold 7.
I can rework the aftermarket mag to hold 8.
Here are the two mags side by side.
Here is a picture of three mags. The one on the far right is a Mauser stamped war mag, the one in the middle is a French
made mag with the half moon rib. The third on the left well that's one of those aftermarket mags that only hold 7.
I can rework the aftermarket mag to hold 8.
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Model HSC Pistol / The French HSc The one no one talks about
« on: November 11, 2018, 11:17:48 AM »
The French HSc
From May of 1945 to June of 1946 the French had control of the Mauser-Werke plant and produced 19,300 HSc pistols. The serial numbers range from 951 940 to 971 239. These pistols will have the "WR" acceptance stamp on them.
The first 4,704 were assembled using parts in stock left over from the German control. The next 14,596 were manufactured using new supplies that the French brought in. These guns were produced for the French Indochina war.
When the French moved in the plant they obviously didn't follow the status quo.
If you compare the French made HSc (Sn 956 644 thru 971 239) with German made during the war years you will find a big difference in quality and workmanship. The French, for that one year, may have made a better quality HSc then most of the ones the Germans made during the war.
During the war years the plant didn't have ALL of the same personal, operational procedures, RAW stock etc. So there were runs where quality was indifferent.
The magazine is one example of improvements that were made. The French HSc mags with the half moon bottom plate were made with better steel (close grain). The half moon rib reinforcement was added to give the bottom plate support when using the mag to field strip the barrel from the slide and better leverage for mag removal in the field.
When you see a "war years" (MAUSER) stamped mag with the flat bottom plate and it is slightly bent up, it was probably used to remove the barrel from the slide during field stripping.
When writing about the " Post war" HSc most articles refer to 1968 thru 1977 vintage and skip the French production all together but the true Post war HSc were the ones made by the French May 1945 thru June 1946.
From May of 1945 to June of 1946 the French had control of the Mauser-Werke plant and produced 19,300 HSc pistols. The serial numbers range from 951 940 to 971 239. These pistols will have the "WR" acceptance stamp on them.
The first 4,704 were assembled using parts in stock left over from the German control. The next 14,596 were manufactured using new supplies that the French brought in. These guns were produced for the French Indochina war.
When the French moved in the plant they obviously didn't follow the status quo.
If you compare the French made HSc (Sn 956 644 thru 971 239) with German made during the war years you will find a big difference in quality and workmanship. The French, for that one year, may have made a better quality HSc then most of the ones the Germans made during the war.
During the war years the plant didn't have ALL of the same personal, operational procedures, RAW stock etc. So there were runs where quality was indifferent.
The magazine is one example of improvements that were made. The French HSc mags with the half moon bottom plate were made with better steel (close grain). The half moon rib reinforcement was added to give the bottom plate support when using the mag to field strip the barrel from the slide and better leverage for mag removal in the field.
When you see a "war years" (MAUSER) stamped mag with the flat bottom plate and it is slightly bent up, it was probably used to remove the barrel from the slide during field stripping.
When writing about the " Post war" HSc most articles refer to 1968 thru 1977 vintage and skip the French production all together but the true Post war HSc were the ones made by the French May 1945 thru June 1946.
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