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I was fiddling around with a few of these and noticed I have three different kinds or models in terms of cocking/decocking and safety controls. These pistols were certainly on the "cutting edge" with regard to small arms (pistol) technology at the time. In fact, it probably was not until the 1980s that pistol technology again caught up with these forerunners of modern design. In the picture you will notice two with two levers (manual thumbsafety and cocking/decocking lever) one with one lever (decocking/cocking lever only) and a very late model double action only with NO levers at all. By the way, the pistol (Model 36 & 38) was originally designed by Sauer without the manual thumbsafety and only the decocking/cocking lever. It was the German Army (The Heer) that demanded the added thumbsafety lever before they would accept it into service. The pictured late model no lever pistol (serial 511,000) is not marked in any way (other than serial number) with any poof marks, acceptance marks and no markings disclosing caliber. Anybody seen one of these pistols with any other fire control system arrangement or design?
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Top right late no lever pistol, bottom right two lever single marked E/37, bottom left two lever Police E/C marked and top left single lever (decocking/cocking) Police E/F marked.
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Top right late no lever pistol, bottom right two lever single marked E/37, bottom left two lever Police E/C marked and top left single lever (decocking/cocking) Police E/F marked.
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94.82KBwith any poof marks or acceptance marks and no marking disclosing caliber.