The pistols could be had with either blued (the most common) or nickel-plated finishes. Some 1913s will also be seen with the name and address in English, presumably on guns intended for export. The cartridge designation was stamped on the right, rear of the slide and the word “PATENT” on the left. Usual 1913s were marked on the top of their slides with Sauer & Sohn’s name and city of origin, along with a small image of the company’s logo of a wild man with a club. Considered insufficient, a sear-blocking arrangement was added to later variants. Early versions had a magazine-safety button that locked their mechanisms when the magazines were removed this feature was soon considered to be superfluous and was eliminated.Ī traditional-style safety catch was mounted on the left side of the frame just behind the trigger. The magazine was secured by a heel catch, which was pushed forward to release it. The gun was striker-fired, the striker spring being held in position by a projection on the inside, center of the cocking knob. This allowed the breechblock to be extracted and the slide removed forward off the frame. To access the works, a large textured cocking knob, secured initially by a small detent and later by the pistol’s spring-loaded rear sight, was unscrewed. The slide contained a clever separate firing mechanism. It possessed a fixed barrel around which was coiled the gun’s recoil spring. 32 ACP, seven-shot blowback, designed by Heinz Zehner, was sturdy and compact. That distinction would have to wait almost 10 years when the company came out with the first semi-automatic pistol devised and produced solely by Sauer & Sohn-the Selbstlade-Pistole Modell 1913. This handgun, however, did not bear the Sauer imprimatur, and though the guns were marked with Sauer & Sohn’s name, they were not a Sauer design.
The firm has produced all manner of firearms, including self-loading pistols starting around 1905, beginning with the 7.65 mm Browning-chambered (.32 ACP) Roth-Sauer repeater. Sauer & Sohn of Suhl is the oldest firearm manufacturer in Germany, having been founded in 1751.
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