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Devonian · Apr 25, 2012

Two years ago I traveled to Louisiana for work and meet a guy who said he had a Nazi Pistol. He didn't know anything about it and had bought it from a pawn shop just to have a gun in the house. He showed it to me and I offered to buy it on the spot but he didn't want to part with it so I got his email and thought maybe I could ask again down the road. Well last week I made him another offer and I received the pistol today.

rseymorejr · Apr 25, 2012

Wow, that's nice. I'll have to start hanging around pawn shops,

screamingeagle · Apr 25, 2012

That's a awesome 2nd variation HP with tangent sights, I have one just like it. BTW how much did you offer if you don't mind me asking? What is the suffix and serial # range and proof marks,are they WA140 ? You can tell the year it was produced by these.Thanks for sharing

BradMacc82 · Apr 25, 2012

Sweet, nice find!

Devonian · Apr 25, 2012

screamingeagle said:
That's a awesome 2nd variation HP with tangent sights, I have one just like it. BTW how much did you offer if you don't mind me asking?

$500... I didn't steal it but I think its a good deal. Btw it has one mag, no holster, and no import stamp.
Markings are WaA140 and no. is 140xxx

fivepointstar · Apr 25, 2012

that is beautiful!!!

screamingeagle · Apr 25, 2012

Devonian said:
$500... I didn't steal it but I think its a good deal. Btw it has one mag, no holster, and no import stamp.
Markings are WaA140 and no. is 140xxx

dude, you stole it

, but it's all perspective.If he paid $200 at the pawnshop and you gave him $500 everyone is happy .I got mine in a trade and some cash and it was a steal also..They go anywhere between $1,200 to $1,800. What letter is after the serial # a, b ,ect......

Devonian · Apr 25, 2012

No letter at the end unless the 0 is an O

Devonian · Apr 25, 2012

He told me what he paid for it and I want to say it was like 150. I think he only bought it because it was the cheapest 9mm they had.

screamingeagle · Apr 25, 2012

Devonian said:
No letter at the end unless the 0 is an O

If my math is correct you pistol was made toward the end of '42. Serial # ranges for the tangent HP's ended some where between 135,000 and 150,000 before they went to the rear fixed sight which was produced until the end of the war and had letter suffixes a or b after the serial #'s

Billman · Apr 25, 2012

I have a very similar pistol, nice!

Numidian · Apr 25, 2012

The pawn shop up in Havre De Grace had one just like that. I can't remember how much it was but it was a hell of a lot more than $500 iirc.

leroygibbs · Apr 25, 2012

Very nice HP. When you said it came with a holster, is it the one that slots into the bottom of the grip by any chance?

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't read.... No holster you said, so is the grip slotted?

Devonian · Apr 25, 2012

leroygibbs said:
Very nice HP. When you said it came with a holster, is it the one that slots into the bottom of the grip by any chance?

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't read.... No holster you said, so is the grip slotted?

No but those stocked HP's are pretty cool

screamingeagle · Apr 26, 2012

Numidian said:
The pawn shop up in Havre De Grace had one just like that. I can't remember how much it was but it was a hell of a lot more than $500 iirc.

That's the one I have, I traded my non tangent HP plus a little cash.And as a bonus she got in a 1918 1911 when I went back to pick up the HP and I bought that too.

Mark75H · Apr 26, 2012

Yeah, I've been watching them on GB, $500 is a steal - you did good!

futureseabee · Apr 26, 2012

500 meters seems like a bit of a stretch for iron sights on a pistol haha

Devonian · Apr 26, 2012

screamingeagle said:
That's the one I have, I traded my non tangent HP plus a little cash.And as a bonus she got in a 1918 1911 when I went back to pick up the HP and I bought that too.

Nice! Have you fired your HP? These pistols were subject to sabotage by the belgian workers the most common method being to over harden the extractor so it breaks. Anyway I was told mine has some FTE issues so I'm wondering if it is a sabotaged extractor.

KMK1862 · Apr 26, 2012

Nice score!

screamingeagle · Apr 26, 2012

I shot it a few times no issues so far.

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