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Section 8: Handguns Subject: P9S Ad Msg# 869257
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This does not surprise me, as the first engineers working for HK actually worked for Mauser and other German firms before and even during WWII--that much history I know. 
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: It was an excellent pistol, but the price was not very attractive to many. The interesting thing about early H&K firearms was that they were based on earlier models made by others. The HK4 was a basic redo of the Mauser HSc pistol. And the P9S "borrowed" the cocker/decocker, internal hammer and manual safety of the Sauer 38H. Not that they were copycats, but they recognized the positive features of other designers and incorporated them into their designs.They also incorporated new features of their own into both those pistols. Even their first successful military rifle, the G3 was based on an earlier experimental design by Mauser (StG45(M)) that was later reworked by several countries including France and Spain and ended up as the CETME Models A and B, with input from H&K people. Harvey |
