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Posted: 5/1/2015 10:54:42 PM EDT
I've had some really good luck in the used gun section of my local Cabelas lately. Got some deals an old Auto 5 and a Type 99 Arisaka recently, and then the other day I stop in after work to look around and see this in one of the cases. The extent of my knowledge on Sauer 38's is basically just being aware of the fact that they exist and not much else. Which is still than the store knew about it because all that was written on the tag was "German 7.65". I was able to get it for $275, so I figured what the hell and bought it. I'll see how it shoots this weekend.
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Posted: 5/1/2015 10:55:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:00:13 PM EDT
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Damnit.
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:03:02 PM EDT
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Interesting. you should update with pics of the shot groups.
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:22:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Interesting. you should update with pics of the shot groups. It's a neat little pistol. From what I've been able to look up it was made sometime mid-WWII and is a military version. A nice feature is that you can decock it to DA and if you push down the lever again recock it back to SA. It functions and field strips pretty much identical to a PPK. I wouldn't say its a cruder copy of a PPK, but maybe just not as well refined. I like to think of it as if a FN 1910 and a PPK had a baby, but then the PPK had a few drinks during pregnancy.  |
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:24:42 PM EDT
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Impossible. Arfcom has told me repeatedly that there are no good used gun buys at Cabelas. |
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:35:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Impossible. Arfcom has told me repeatedly that there are no good used gun buys at Cabelas. The prices at mine are totally all over the board. It's like they just pick a price tag out of a hat and assign it to a gun at random. My Arisaka was priced at $250 and was sitting next to a beat up Bushmaster XM-15 for $1,100  |
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:43:05 PM EDT
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Sauer und Sohn. Good find.
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:46:40 PM EDT
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Sauer 38H I think
Any Nazi marks on it ? Nice score Looks like the grips are intact and not cracked ( very common they split / crack ) |
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:48:26 PM EDT
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Lucky you!
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:49:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Impossible. Arfcom has told me repeatedly that there are no good used gun buys at Cabelas. |
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Posted: 5/1/2015 11:51:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sauer 38H I think Any Nazi marks on it ? Nice score Looks like the grips are intact and not cracked ( very common they split / crack ) |
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Posted: 5/2/2015 5:21:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I will. It's a neat little pistol. From what I've been able to look up it was made sometime mid-WWII and is a military version. A nice feature is that you can decock it to DA and if you push down the lever again recock it back to SA. It functions and field strips pretty much identical to a PPK. I wouldn't say its a cruder copy of a PPK, but maybe just not as well refined. I like to think of it as if a FN 1910 and a PPK had a baby, but then the PPK had a few drinks during pregnancy. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Interesting. you should update with pics of the shot groups. It's a neat little pistol. From what I've been able to look up it was made sometime mid-WWII and is a military version. A nice feature is that you can decock it to DA and if you push down the lever again recock it back to SA. It functions and field strips pretty much identical to a PPK. I wouldn't say its a cruder copy of a PPK, but maybe just not as well refined. I like to think of it as if a FN 1910 and a PPK had a baby, but then the PPK had a few drinks during pregnancy. |
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Posted: 5/2/2015 5:21:58 AM EDT
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Nice
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Posted: 5/2/2015 7:39:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's an eagle with an N below it on the slide and frame. Numbers also match as well. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Sauer 38H I think Any Nazi marks on it ? Nice score Looks like the grips are intact and not cracked ( very common they split / crack ) Why can't I find the good stuff? |
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Posted: 5/2/2015 8:06:22 AM EDT
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Some people have all the luck.
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Posted: 5/2/2015 10:04:06 AM EDT
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My Sauer 38H Vet bring back w/ holster. 
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Posted: 5/2/2015 10:07:49 PM EDT
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Put 100rds through it at the range today. Had a few malfunctions due to putting my thumb on the slide out of habit of holding larger framed pistols, but once I started holding right it ran great. The ammo was some cheap PPU I got on the way it will be interesting to what it could do with decent ammo.
Here's 50rds at about 15yds  |
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Posted: 5/2/2015 11:47:59 PM EDT
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If you want to continue to shoot it and not kill the collector value purchase some repro grips ( available from Vintage Grips ) .
The originals get very brittle from age. You did get a sweet deal. Cabelas can be really weird and some of the people working the Library can be real idiots when it comes to pricing. |
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Posted: 5/3/2015 12:23:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
If you want to continue to shoot it and not kill the collector value purchase some repro grips ( available from Vintage Grips ) . The originals get very brittle from age. You did get a sweet deal. Cabelas can be really weird and some of the people working the Library can be real idiots when it comes to pricing. Or alternatively, perhaps the gun library managers actually do know what they're doing, and they price a lot of junk high to keep their superiors happy, and they let slide little deals on the collector stuff that only those in the know would pick up on. |
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Posted: 5/3/2015 12:31:11 AM EDT
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Which one did you go to? Lacey or Marysville?
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Posted: 5/3/2015 12:36:41 AM EDT
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I have one also . Seeing your still has the safety it probably early or mid war. They got rid of it late war. I bought mine from bob hogan a few years ago, never shot it though. You got a good deal
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Posted: 5/4/2015 11:24:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Put 100rds through it at the range today. Had a few malfunctions due to putting my thumb on the slide out of habit of holding larger framed pistols, but once I started holding right it ran great. The ammo was some cheap PPU I got on the way it will be interesting to what it could do with decent ammo. Here's 50rds at about 15yds http://i.imgur.com/QiAoI4T.jpg At 15 yards, that is great shooting for a pistol that little. PPU is actually very good and accurate ammo. I've shot it in the past next to Federal or Speer and never had a misfire, hangfire, or anything bad with it. Always fed properly and accuracy was consistent. |
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