[oldironsights]

Saw this in a pawn shop priced @ $650.
I have seen them before but always passed them by due to less-than-pristine condition & high prices.
I offered up a Russian Tokarev in trade for this one & took er home for $250.
It came with four magazines (Only three worked right) & a holster.
I installed lovely wooden grips to replace the heavily worn plastic covers.

Locking block shows heavy wear from many, many rounds but the hammer appears original & fully intact.
This hammer looks to have been designed to indicate if the pistol was dropped on its hammer so an armorer knew to inspect the rest of the internal parts for damage. Just an extra level of safety, I guess.
One thing I have observed about German SIG's & SIG/Sauer;
New ones rarely shoot to POA without sight replacements but old ones with thousands of rounds downrange shoot "Lights Out" every time.
This one is amazingly accurate for such a compact size.
I do not carry but after a shooting next door recently, I began to carry this one just to make it from the house to the mailbox or truck & back.
It resides in my safe again as the meth heads & the pit bulls are gone.
This one is from 1982; Same year as my former POS HK P7 PSP that broke on each range trip!
The only thing good about the P7 was I sold it for more than twice what I paid for it.
Gotta luv the Sig's!

 

[rigrat]

I always liked those.

 

[HerrZnk]

Saw this in a pawn shop priced @ $650.
I have seen them before but always passed them by due to less-than-pristine condition & high prices.
I offered up a Russian Tokarev in trade for this one & took er home for $250.
It came with four magazines (Only three worked right) & a holster.
I installed lovely wooden grips to replace the heavily worn plastic covers.
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Locking block shows heavy wear from many, many rounds but the hammer appears original & fully intact.
This hammer looks to have been designed to indicate if the pistol was dropped on its hammer so an armorer knew to inspect the rest of the internal parts for damage. Just an extra level of safety, I guess.
One thing I have observed about German SIG's & SIG/Sauer;
New ones rarely shoot to POA without sight replacements but old ones with thousands of rounds downrange shoot "Lights Out" every time.
This one is amazingly accurate for such a compact size.
I do not carry but after a shooting next door recently, I began to carry this one just to make it from the house to the mailbox or truck & back.
It resides in my safe again as the meth heads & the pit bulls are gone.
This one is from 1982; Same year as my former POS HK P7 PSP that broke on each range trip!
The only thing good about the P7 was I sold it for more than twice what I paid for it.
Gotta luv the Sig's!

Saw this in a pawn shop priced @ $650.
I have seen them before but always passed them by due to less-than-pristine condition & high prices.
I offered up a Russian Tokarev in trade for this one & took er home for $250.
It came with four magazines (Only three worked right) & a holster.
I installed lovely wooden grips to replace the heavily worn plastic covers.
View attachment 333896
View attachment 333897
Locking block shows heavy wear from many, many rounds but the hammer appears original & fully intact.
This hammer looks to have been designed to indicate if the pistol was dropped on its hammer so an armorer knew to inspect the rest of the internal parts for damage. Just an extra level of safety, I guess.
One thing I have observed about German SIG's & SIG/Sauer;
New ones rarely shoot to POA without sight replacements but old ones with thousands of rounds downrange shoot "Lights Out" every time.
This one is amazingly accurate for such a compact size.
I do not carry but after a shooting next door recently, I began to carry this one just to make it from the house to the mailbox or truck & back.
It resides in my safe again as the meth heads & the pit bulls are gone.
This one is from 1982; Same year as my former POS HK P7 PSP that broke on each range trip!
The only thing good about the P7 was I sold it for more than twice what I paid for it.
Gotta luv the Sig's!

The odd hammer was indeed designed to alert the armorer(s) if a Pistole 6 had been dropped. The German term for that feature is Deformationssporn the "deformation spur" . The P6 was the Polizei version of the P225 with a horrible trigger pull, similar to the NYC Glock trigger, about 25 lb DA. Easy to replace with the civilian P225 trigger. The factory grips are easy to find online as well. I have 2 P6 Pistolen. I have done surgery on both. First is original save for replacing the horrible police mainspring, second one had been dropped, the hammer was damaged and the grips chipped. I replaced the spring, original factory SIG grips and a civilian P225 hammer, cost less than $50 for everything. And I found a mysterious proof mark on the breech block while I had it all disassembled which hadn't seen the light of day since it was assembled. I'll look for the photos later. Can't go wrong with one of the SIG/Sauer P22* series: 220, 225, 226, 228, etc. I know them all very well...

 

[HerrZnk]

Some photos from SIG surgery:

Unique proof mark I found on the breech block. Hadn't been seen since 8/1980:

Original hammer that had obviously been dropped & broken, next to the factory P225 hammer with which it was replaced:

 

[HerrZnk]

@oldironsights : where did you find the wood grips? Type of wood? I might like some Coco bola or walnut if the vendor has such.

 

[bubbat]

@oldironsights : where did you find the wood grips? Type of wood? I might like some Coco bola or walnut if the vendor has such.

Hogue, Marschal, and Nill made them when I had my P6.

 

[oldironsights]

@oldironsights : where did you find the wood grips? Type of wood? I might like some Coco bola or walnut if the vendor has such.

I ordered wooden grips for several pistols & don't remember which firm I purchased the P6 grips from.
I just searched the web til I found what I wanted.

 

[HerrZnk]

Hogue, Marschal, and Nill made them when I had my P6.

I like Nill Griffe but they start at $222 + shipping and customs costs. If I get back to Germany I will probably buy several sets for various Pistolen but it's just too much of a hassle to have them imported, and I expect soon Germany will ban export of even grips for firearms. They regulate shipping about every other firearms part and accessory so much my friends are now afraid to ship me parts.