I went to NGD/SOS with the intention of beefing up the pistol collection. I hadn't planned on adhering to the theme of foreign-made pistols used in the Wehrmacht, but that's how it went down. Here's what I bagged:
First up is my favorite of the bunch- a late war Fabrique Nationale Browning High Power. This pistol is in the b-block serial range, the final suffix in the German High Powers. The highest serial number I can find is 7000 units away from mine, so this gun really is at the end of the line of HPs built for Germany. The gun was likely built just a few months before the Allies took back Belgium. You can see where the late war FNs were produced a tad on the hasty side, the exterior finish is markedly rougher than the early war no-letter or tangent sighted pistols. The grips are the original, or at least the correct, bakelite version, introduced once the shortage on useable walnut came to a head. It's believed that the High Powers were earmarked specifically for SS use.
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Next up is another pistol of the Browning/Belgian persuasion- a Fn1922 in 32acp. I admittedly don't know much about them but their high quality is apparent when you handle one. The Belgians were crafty little devils. These striker-fired pistols have a strange little screwed-on barrel bushing that holds the action together. The grip safety is a neat accoutrement too.
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Lastly we have a Radom 35m, built after the Germans won Poland. These are awesome pistols, sort of a hybrid mashup of a High Power and 1911. Just like with the Polish g29/40s / wz29s, the Radoms sport the Waa77 for Polish parts and Waa623 for final inspection or assembly at Steyr-Austria. The decocker on the rear of the slide reminds me of the p38.
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I think I did pretty well