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Post by Bob Reed on Apr 10, 2022 13:15:30 GMT -5
Hello,
What year/serial number range was the magazine disconnect phased out on occupational High Powers?
A friend has an early '43 (45XXa) and the trigger appears correct as far as finish & machining goes, but it's machined for the magazine disconnect.
I would have thought all the triggers that were machined for the mag-disconnect would have been used up by 1943.
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Post by ToddSig on Apr 10, 2022 14:52:47 GMT -5
Hello, What year/serial number range was the magazine disconnect phased out on occupational High Powers? A friend has an early '43 (45XXa) and the trigger appears correct as far as finish & machining goes, but it's machined for the magazine disconnect. I would have thought all the triggers that were machined for the mag-disconnect would have been used up by 1943. Hi Bob, checking Vanderlinden, he has the occupation High Powers with fixed sights, WaA140 pistols, Dec 1942-April 1943, with serial numbers ranging from 140,000 to 210,00. Mag disconnect was present. The next group, sub variant "a" (sounds like your friends model) was May 1943 to December 1943, with serial numbers ranging from 1a to 99999a. The mag disconnect was not present. Since they were machining for the mag disconnect in pistols through April 1943. Best guess, he got one of the left over triggers which was machined earlier as they were making the transition. Hope this helps. |
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Post by Bob Reed on Apr 10, 2022 19:47:05 GMT -5
Thanks Todd, I'll pass the info along to the owner.
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Post by p35 on Oct 10, 2022 12:15:44 GMT -5
They dropped the magazine disconnect to speed production when they started the "a" serial sequence in 1943. They apparently still had a large number of triggers that had been produced prior to that time and I have seen triggers with holes for the disconnect on several "a" serial number guns. I have one in the 7,000a range with the hole but no disconnect.
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Post by Bob Reed on Oct 11, 2022 8:56:37 GMT -5
Hello,
Not only would deleting the disconnect save a bit of time, tooling & material; but it also (the mag disconnect) was despised by the Germans because they were taught to reload, if possible, before empty. Obviously, the Germans, like any sane person, doesn't want an Un-operatable gun simply because the magazine isn't in place. I've also heard the Germans didn't really care for the tangent sight; they loved the GP35, but thought the tangent sight was a bit far-out (pun intended) and ridiculous - and it kinda is, but I still love my Capitan!
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