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The 1935 French Service Pistols
by Ed Buffaloe
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- The gun must fire the 7.65mm long round.
- The gun must be a single-action design with one spring for both the hammer and sear.
- The hammer, sear, and mainspring assembly must be constructed as a unit to facilitate replacement in the field.
- A magazine safety must be provided to disconnect the trigger bar from the sear.
- A manual safety must be provided to block the hammer from striking the firing pin.
- The gun must not require tools for field stripping.
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- Remove the magazine and make sure the chamber is empty.
- Draw the slide back approximately 5mm.
- Press the end of the slide lock from the right side and remove it from the left side of the gun.
- Draw the slide and barrel off the frame.
- Remove the spring and guide rod assembly and then the barrel from the slide.
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(SAGEM) made 10,000 guns between 1945 and 1953 with a black enamel finish. The barrels for these guns were subcontracted to the Manufacture d’Armes de Paris (MAP), whose barrels are stamped with MAP in a small rectangle beneath the chamber. The guns are marked SAGEM in an oval on the left side of the slide and again on the right side of the right side of the frame above the trigger guard.Mac Mle 1950 For Sale Near Me
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- Remove the magazine and make sure the chamber is empty.
- Lock the slide back and press in on the end of the slide lock on the right side of the gun.
- Remove the slide lock from the left side of the gun.
- Draw the slide and barrel off the frame.
- Remove the spring and guide rod assembly and then the barrel from the slide.
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The cartridge was, apparently, specially designed by Remington U.M.C. during World War I for use in the Pedersen Device, which was a mechanism for converting the 1903 Springfield bolt action rifle into a semi-automatic weapon. Remington designated the cartridge the “U.S. Pistol Cal. 30 Model 1918,” or .30-18 Automatic. It is a true rimless cartridge, unlike the .32 ACP which is semi-rimmed. John Browning later designed an experimental carbine to shoot this cartridge. The French military encountered the cartridge when they were allowed to preview the Pedersen Device in 1917, and again when they tested Browning’s experimental carbine in 1920. Maybe the French were impressed with the cartridge, even though they didn’t buy Browning’s carbine. Most American military planners thought the cartridge was too puny to be of much value, and eventually most of the Pederson Devices (which had been manufactured just in time for the end of The Great War) were destroyed.
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The trials were undertaken between 1935 to 1937 and, despite the seemingly close appearance had by both pistols, they were inherently were very different designs with no interchangeability of parts between them. The weapons were based on the excellent Colt Model 1911 and their design lines and operation showcased this influence.
Swiss-born Charles Petter of SACM (also a former French Foreign Legion captain) went ahead and evolved the Model 1911 approach by instituting several improvements to the design, namely in the recoil spring housing, a magazine safety and separate sub-assemblies for the lockwork and hammer unit. The weapon was chambered for the local 7.65mm Longue cartridge and fed from an 8-round detachable box magazine inserted into the grip base. The slide was smooth and relatively featureless, presenting a very clean and elegant product. The handle was given the usual grip pattern for a firm hold and the solid trigger unit sat within a thin, integral ring. The end result was the functional Modele 1935A which had its design also purchased by Swiss arms-maker SIG in 1937 to be rebranded as the 'SIG P210' model product.
Production of the Modele 1935A was arranged in 1937 but deliveries were slow - first batches arrived in late 1939 and only 10,700 units were available by the time of the German invasion of France in the summer of 1940. The SACM factory eventually fell under German control with production of the sidearm allowed to continue. This led to the German adoption of the weapon as the 'Pistole 625(f)' and an additional 23,850 units were made during the occupation (which lasted until mid-to-late 1944). In the post-war years, a further 50,400 Modele 1935A guns were added and production ran into early 1950. Some 85,000 Modele 1935A guns were made in all.
Due to the slowness in getting the Model 1935A into French Army hands, MAS was given charge to manufacture its competing product back in 1938. The weapon followed the lines of the Modele 1935A some but included a ribbed slide, a slightly protruding barrel at the muzzle end and an exposed hammer. All other qualities were consistent with semi-automatic pistol designs of the period and the gun proved very well-made and functional. Deliveries of the Modele 1935S was first seen in early 1939 but, again, the German occupation of MAS factories limited the initial batch to just 1,400 units. Unlike the Modele 1935A, the Modele 1935S was not in production during the German occupation of France, owing largely to the fact that MAS employees hid the needed production equipment from the occupiers. The Modele 1935S joined the Modele 1935A in resuming production after the liberation of France in 1944. 6,686 more pistols were added but priorities for the MAS factory shifted to more pressing small arms needs for the French Army. Other factories went on to contribute to the total of 82,773 Modele 1935S pistols before the end was had in 1956.
The guns saw no service beyond French and Nazi German inventories. The pistols saw extended combat service in the First Indochina War (1946-1954) as well as the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962).