TargetTalk

Tycho wrote:Well, I picked up a 208S for our club recently for € 249... so it obviously depends on where you are :-)

It goes both ways. I'm helping a Swiss collector buy Smith & Wesson revolvers for a fraction of the price they fetch in his home market.

My estimates for Gunbroker.com:

• Hämmerli 208: $1,200;
• Hämmerli 208S: $1,800;
• SIG P210-6, CNC frame: $2,600.

The last gun, with a -5 barrel, is either a number mismatch or a factory nomenclature error. Deduct $400 or add $600 accordingly.

What is the best target grade semiauto rimfire pistol suitable for CCI Mini-Mags and such, something you might see a Bond girl use for social work? I understand that Walther-derived Hämmerlis are out, whereas the Browning Medalists and Colt Woodsmen are a little lacking in the trigger finesse. The F...

I recently imported a 1936 Walther Olympia, originally sold in France. The pistol is correct and complete, with all three weights plus their key, and a matching magazine. Looking it over, I see that the slide is much flimsier than those on my 212 and 208S Hämmerlis. Is their progenitor safe to shoot...

The W+F pistols in Kessler's auction were featured in Faustfeuerwaffen der Eidgenossen , as belonging in the author's collection. I am satisfied with this provenance. The C93 at Hermann Historica was previously undocumented. I bid high. Kudos to anyone who can buy such things low. I still have the 1...

I paid 24,000 Euros plus the juice for a thoroughly obsolete Borchardt C93, and a like amount for a pair of W+F 06/29 Swiss National Match Lugers. These guns are nicely made, but of no real practical value today. There are almost no variants of either design, unlike the M1911 or the P08, so they are...

Stop complaining. The most expensive place to get a firearm out of are the U.S. of A. And it will forever be a mystery to me why so many Americans pay outrageous prices for quite common European stuff and afterwards plaster the internet with demands to know when it was produced. And if somebody wan...

Drop me a line at zeleny@post.harvard.edu next time you are thinking about bidding against helicalenzyme . We'll work something out. Planning a little collusion in bidding? Nice. My friends and I often defer to each other in pursuing scarce goods and services. We do so without countermanding your p...

Drop me a line at zeleny@post.harvard.edu next time you are thinking about bidding against helicalenzyme . We'll work something out. Planning a little collusion in bidding? Nice. My friends and I often defer to each other in pursuing scarce goods and services. We do so without countermanding your p...

Drop me a line at zeleny@post.harvard.edu next time you are thinking about bidding against helicalenzyme . We'll work something out. Planning a little collusion in bidding? Nice. My friends and I often defer to each other in pursuing scarce goods and services. We do so without countermanding your p...

Somebody could probabaly do a good bit of business brokering eGun sales to the United States. Especially since there are items that the sellers won't ship outside the EU, but which are legal in the US...such as black powder items. There is someone, a sometime contributor to targetalk and other foru...

bjsulla wrote:The AW-93 has a "sort of" safety. I don't know if it is US compliant though.

The manual describes an active safety that should satisfy BATF.

Is there a way to retrofit a US-compliant safety lever on an AW93?

The standard barrel of the P210, rifled with a right hand twist, nominally measuring 1 turn in 250mm, is not meant to stabilize lead bullets. SIG also manufactured barrels with rifling specially designed for lead bullets, with a slower twist rate of 1 turn in 500mm, as a drop-in option to fit any P2...

Other than its intended RUAG Pistolen Patrone 41, SIG P210 does better with 147 grain bullets.

http://larvatus.livejournal.com/tag/p210

Spencer wrote:the trigger mechanism looks of interest

That is a safety lever.

Tycho wrote:Basic design and all relevant parts are pretty much the same as in the 208.

Is the recoil spring identical to that of the 208?

Spencer wrote:my manual states 'please do not use any high velocity ammunition as your accurate target pistol might suffer damage'

Does your manual cover the 212 model? It seems strange to make a hunting pistol that cannot digest high velocity ammunition.

Tycho wrote:Why build a target pistol for high velocity ammo?

Because it is sold as a Jägerschaftspistole.

Tycho wrote:Can't kîll a 208 with standard ammo.

What's the excuse for making any pistol chambered for 22 l.r. too fragile for high velocity ammo?

Is the 212 no stronger than the 208 in this regard?