I found the HSc to be known as a little less reliable than the Walther, mostly for parts breakage, but that was not the thing(s) that I didn't like about the HSc. A big plus for the Mauser was its looks -- very streamlined and modern. But the things I didn't care for were the small and difficult to grasp cocking hammer, the lack of a decocker and the heel clip magazine release, all things present on the PP.

Additionally, if you wanted to decock the hammer in single action mode to make the pistol safe and back in double action mode, you applied the manual safety, then squeezed the trigger while riding that small hammer down until it was at rest. I didn't find that a pleasant thing to do.

To be fair, the sights on both pistols were small and inefficient. And the Walthers had the reputation for hammer bite, although I've never experienced it. But they were designed as commercial pocket pistols originally, and they ended up being military sidearms. When the French occupied the Mauser factory post WWII, they produced a number of HSc pistols for their military.

Harvey