Old Mauser question

[golfrj]

I was recently Lucky enough to acquire a 1942 Mauser HSC issued to a german Army Officer in July 1942.. I have been able to learn a lot of info concerning this little pistol (primarily proof marks, s/n's, dates) except Basic things NO one on the Web or Forums seems to know.. So I thought I would ask the Ca Klan if anyone here knew the specs on the recoil spring and hammer (main) springs? I ordered a full spring kit from Wolff and they are unaware of what the poundage of the springs are on a .32 caliber HSC? (?) Cmon I have extras & want to experiment!! Thanks in advance for your Comments.. (IF Only this lil pistol could Talk, think of the stories it has)...

[humble servant]

You should post this in curio & relic forum. Might get more attension from the guys in the know.

[Barbarosa]

You're brave to want to experiment on a great piece of history. I used the spring from Wolff on mine and it functions great. Mine was issued in 1941 but must of spent its life in a desk drawer by the looks of it. It came with the original holster which had writing indicating it was issued to someone working in a field hospital.

[I Swan]

I was recently Lucky enough to acquire a 1942 Mauser HSC issued to a german Army Officer in July 1942.. I have been able to learn a lot of info concerning this little pistol (primarily proof marks, s/n's, dates) except Basic things NO one on the Web or Forums seems to know.. So I thought I would ask the Ca Klan if anyone here knew the specs on the recoil spring and hammer (main) springs? I ordered a full spring kit from Wolff and they are unaware of what the poundage of the springs are on a .32 caliber HSC? (?) Cmon I have extras & want to experiment!! Thanks in advance for your Comments.. (IF Only this lil pistol could Talk, think of the stories it has)...

Why are you trying to experiment? Does it not work well as is? How were you able to determine it was issued to a German Army officer in July 1942?

Did you try gunboards.com?

[Sutcliffe]

Always liked the lines on the HSC

Sort 30's Art Deco, maybe?

[terry4130]

My grandpa got one off a German he killed in WW2. It is a fun gun to shoot. Does yours have the Nazi eagle symbol anywhere on it?

[beetle]

sorry I don't know the spring specifics, but know some of the history behind the gun. It was designed by Alex Seidel when he was employed by Mauser. The HSc roughly translates into "self cocking hammer". Seidel had a tough job, he was asked to make a competitor to the Walther PP/PPK, which obtain patents as the first DA/SA mechanism.

Seidel was able to eventually achieve the DA/SA functionality without running afoul of Walther's patents. However because of WW2, the german small arms authority would not permit Mauser to actually start production of the HSc. In general Walther was given preferential treatment over Mauser for most arms contracts.

Eventually Mauser was able to get permission to build the gun, but the german authority ordered far fewer HSc than Walther PP/PPKs.

The interesting bit is after the war. The Mauser factory was bombed late in the war. It's been said that an allied commander (or perhaps French who occupied the remains of the Mauser factory) ordered all records and paperwork of Mauser destroyed. three engineers took what they could to try and save the legacy of Mauser. Alex Seidel (designer of the HSc) was one of them, along with Edmund Heckler and Theodore Koch.