yankytrash
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I've got a nickel Sauer 7.65 (32Auto) pistol that is reportedly supposed to be a WWII bring-back. It was brought back by an American soldier who supposedly took it off a dead Nazi officer a couple weeks after D-Day. It was allowed to be brought back because of a broken trigger spring, which I have since fixed, and a broken pistol grip, which is proving impossible to find a replacement for.
It has the original leather holster and extra clip. It's riddled with Nazi insignias.
I question the origin because it has plastic grips with no Nazi insignias; although it does have the Sauer insignia. I'm no sort of gun appraiser/ gun historian/ Nazi historian. Would the plastic grips be correct for that time period? Or, for that matter, would the entire gun be correct for that time period, location, or political origin?
I'd like to know, because I found three non-Nazi Sauer 7.65's at a gunshow recently going for $300-550. They weren't nickel, had no holster nor clips, were in worse shape than mine, and were all sold by the second day of the show.
It has the original leather holster and extra clip. It's riddled with Nazi insignias.
I question the origin because it has plastic grips with no Nazi insignias; although it does have the Sauer insignia. I'm no sort of gun appraiser/ gun historian/ Nazi historian. Would the plastic grips be correct for that time period? Or, for that matter, would the entire gun be correct for that time period, location, or political origin?
I'd like to know, because I found three non-Nazi Sauer 7.65's at a gunshow recently going for $300-550. They weren't nickel, had no holster nor clips, were in worse shape than mine, and were all sold by the second day of the show.