Home Index Search Handguns Visual Selection British North American Italian German Belguim French Spanish Austrian Russian Czechoslovacian South African Hungarian Brazilian Israeli Competition Firearms Shotguns References Links Gunsite SAGA PAAA SAAACA Contact E-mail me!

JP Sauer & Sohn, Suhl, Germany (pre-1945). JP Sauer & Sohn, Eckernforde, West Germany (post-1945) This is an old and established company who manufactured the reichsrevolver with V Ch Schilling and CG Haenel early in 1880s. After the Second World War, the company quit the firearms field for some years, to return in the 1950s, making a number of single-action ‘frontier’ style revolvers. This was largely for export to the US to take advantage of the ‘fast draw’ mania of the time. The Western model is a copy of the 1873 Peacemaker. The firing pin is located in the frame and not on the hamer. The solid frame revolver uses Colt’s strong single action trigger mechanism. The long hammer has a slow lock time, but works very well on hard primers. It differs from the original in the cartridge used and the firing pin that is mounted in the frame and not on the hammer. The pistol is well made of good materials by the well known mechanical manufacturing Company. (ref. ‘Pistols of the world’ by Hogg and Weeks p202)

52698