At Sunshine Coast Gun Shop we are on a mission to bring some of the less well known 3rd Reich service pistols to the Australian collecting community.

Along with the many German WW2 military handgun designs that are popular & well-known, such as the Luger P.08, the Walther P.38 & the Mauser C96 Broomhandle there are others which have been overlooked by collectors & can still be purchased at reasonable prices (when they can be found here).

One of these popular & underappreciated designs is the Mauser HSc which was effectively bought to market by Mauser to compete with the Walther PP & PPK models serving the Wehrmacht & other German government offices.

Chambered in the Nazi military calibre of 7.65mm it was popular with German officers in WW2 & which is becoming increasingly popular with collectors partly because they are often less to acquire than other well known 3rd Reich pistols such as Lugers & P.38’s.

The HS in HSc stands for “Hahn Selbstspanner,” literally “hammer self-spanning,” but generally translated as “self-cocking hammer.” The “c”, according to August Weiss, means that it is the third production pistol with an external hammer, following the Mauser C96 & the Nickl pistol of 1922.

As with many smaller calibre & sized pistols such as the PP & PPK, these were popular with high ranking Nazi staff officers who really didn’t need to carry a full sized 9mm pistol.

There is a saying among historians & collectors in relation to German officers & goes a bit like this…”The higher the rank, the smaller the gun”.

This gun can be dated by the S/N which is in the early war production range of 700001 – 787445, made between Dec. 1940 – Aug. 1942.

HSc pistols used by the German army are marked with a Waffenamt acceptance stamp in the form of an eagle over 655, eagle over 135, or eagle over WaA135 on the rear of the left trigger guard where it meets the frame, just as this example displays.

This actual example is an early war HSc which appears to have been made in 1942 & was sent to the Wehrmacht as indicated by the Waffenamt on the trigger guard which correctly is WaA135, see photos.

It displays the early war walnut grips & comes with a correct Waffenamt 'WaA286' stamped holster with 'jhg 41' marked on it & Mauser 7.65 inked on the inside flap plus an extra magazine, see the photos.

We are offering this rifle as a collectable piece of military history & acknowledge the grievous atrocities committed by the Nazi regime & some of its military, particularly toward the peoples of occupied territory & the Jewish population in Europe. In no way do we condone or glorify the Nazi regime which must be remembered for the vile stain on human history that it was.

These are the only photos we have until it arrives here from Germany which we expect to be in the early part of 2026.

This can be purchased with a deposit which is refundable if the gun is not as described when it arrives.

Don’t miss this chance to add an outstanding example of an interesting 3rd Reich pistol to your collection.