The Luftwaffe (Air Force) purchased their pistols through the Heereswaffenamt instead of directly. Subsequently, guns were bought by various Polizei (Police) departments, including the infamous Schutzstaffel or SS.
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At serial number 701348, the Heer (Army) began purchasing the pistol. The grip screws were then moved up about ¾”. Most of this production run went to the Kriegsmarine (German Navy). The first 1,345 of the pistols are now known as the “low grip screw” pistols because the grip retention screws were close to the bottom of the grips. The introduction of the HSc ended production of the single-action Model 1934. The last three digits were also marked on the barrel and slide. The first serial number was 700001, which was stamped on the lower front grip strap. With the eventual blessing of the German arms authorities, production of the HSc began in December, 1940. Mauser was set to begin production in 1938, but the German Heereswaffenamt (Army Weapons Bureau) insisted that Mauser concentrate on production of the K98k rifle, the P.08 “Luger” and M1934 pocket pistol. His brainchild became the Hahn Selbstspanner Pistole (Self-Cocking Hammer Pistol) version “c” in 1934. His work was difficult, as he had to maneuver around the existing and iron-clad Walther patents. Seidel was a talented engineer who later went on to become a co-founder and the chief engineer of Heckler and Koch in the postwar years. The design of the new pistol was assigned in 1933 to Alexius Wilhelm Seidel (1909 – 1989) in the Mauser Development Section. When Mauser sales dropped and the public began to show a preference for the more modern Walther pistols, Mauser management decided to develop a competitive double action pistol of their own.
However, the Carl Walther company of Zella-Mehlis in Germany had introduced its advanced double-action Model PP in 1929 and the similar but more compact PPK pocket pistol in 1931. At that time, Mauser-Werke, in the town of Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany had been producing a fairly popular line of single-action pocket semi-auto pistols in calibers. The Mauser HSc pistol had its beginnings in the 1930s. Bear in mind I hold the copyright, but nonetheless, you're welcome to print it out for your own use if you wish. It's history is really interesting, so I undertook to write an article on it for The Blue Press. The Mak is a PP on steroids, and that is what's needed to soak up what is largely the upper limit of blowback pistol operation stresses.The Mauser HSc pistol has been gone now for over 35 years. That the Makarov is one of the BEST-EVER pocket blowbacks ever plagiarized by the Commie copycats goes without saying-the 9 x 18 Ultra is kind of a "whatzis". They were not an overwhelming success, which is not too surprising when you take a 32 ACP-based platform and try to over-reach with a Makarov-level 9mm cartridge.
Walther chambered some "PP Super" variants to the Ultra, but those are the only examples I'm familiar with. I don't believe-but I'm not certain-that any Mauser HSc pistols were chambered in 9 x 18 Ultra.
It was loaded to about 5%-10% greater pressure than the 380 ACP-again much like the Makarov. Like the Makarov, the overall cartridge length wasn't increased, and it remained a max OAL of. 355" bullets (usually a short truncated cone) and a 380 ACP/9mm Kurtz casing 1mm longer than the standard 380 ACP. 363"-.365" nominal bullet diameter.and the 9 x 18 Ultra, which used. The more familiar is the Makarov variant with. Truth to tell, there were at least 2 different 9 x 18 calibers, too.
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