SAGEM A.5.282 1911 style .32 long caliber semi- auto Pistol Model 1935 S M-1 cal 7.65X.22 long. Made in the 30's by 3 companies in france MAS MAC and sagem. Type: Single Action ?Chamber: 7.65x22mm Longue (32 S&W Long (.32 Colt New Police)?Weight unloaded: 790 g ?Length: 188 mm?Barrel length: 105 mm ?Capacity: 8 rounds Developed for close quarters combat for use by French Special Forces. This piece mechanically is excellent with a good bright bore with a right hand twist. Excellent hard plastic grips and lanyard ring. The blueing is 80-90% with good easily read stamped Identity. The ammo is currently available at Brownells and most of the time Midway with prices from $18 to $40. The 1935 French Service Pistols?by Ed Buffaloe For many years, the French had been in the forefront of firearms design. They invented the first pinfire cartridge, the first rimfire cartridge, the first center-fire cartridge, and smokeless powder. But at the end of the Great War (World War I) their official sidearm was still the Model 1892 revolver. In 1937 the French Commission d’Experiences Techniques de Versailles, charged with selecting an automatic pistol for use by the French military, chose a design from the Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques (SACM) which originated with their director, Charles Gabriel Petter. This gun became known as the Modèle 1935A, and was the official sidearm of the French military until 1950. Due to production limitations at the SACM factory, the French army general staff also adopted a competing design by the Manufacture Nationale d’Armes de Saint Ètienne (MAS), which became known as the Modèle 1935S. Many sources, including Josserand and Kinard, state that MAS redesigned Petter’s 1935 design to make it easier and cheaper to manufacture, and that this gun then became the 1935S; but according to Medlin and Huon the 1935S was designed independently for the French military tests, though both guns were ultimately based on the Colt 1911. Medlin and Huon say, in regard to the 1935S: ‘First, the gun was submitted at the same time as the 1935A as a finished design; and second, any examination of the “S” shows it to be completely different from the “A” in a number of ways. A close comparison of the two provides no evidence that the “S” would be any cheaper to manufacture.’ Apparently, the similarities the two guns display are a result of both meeting the design specifications of the Commission d’Experiences Techniques de Versailles. These specifications were as follows: 1. The gun must fire the 7.65mm long round. 2. The gun must be a single-action design with one spring for both the hammer and sear. 3. The hammer, sear, and mainspring assembly must be constructed as a unit to facilitate replacement in the field. 4. A magazine safety must be provided to disconnect the trigger bar from the sear. 5. A manual safety must be provided to block the hammer from striking the firing pin. 6. The gun must not require tools for field stripping. The two guns have other similarities, which do not appear in the specifications, such as a captive recoil spring and guide rod assembly, and a loaded chamber indicator. The idea for the unitized hammer, sear, and mainspring assembly was almost certainly derived from the Russian Tula-Tokarev pistol of 1930. The Modele (Mle.) 1935 pistol had been developed by Swiss designer Charles Petter for French company SACM around 1935, and in 1935 this pistol had been adopted by French military as Mle.1935. Initial production began in 1936, and due to low rate of production the pistol had been slightly redesigned in 1938, to simplify manufacture. New model had been designated as Mle.1935S, while original model became Mle. 1935A. Most noticeable change was in the shape of the backstrap and in the lenght of the frame, and in the fact that in Mle. 1935S muzzle protruded from the slide, while in Mle. 1935A muzzle was flush with the slide. Mle. 1935 was official French sidearm until 1950. It is a good pistol, with main drawback being somewhat weak ammunition of 7.65mm caliber which can be a bit hard to find at times Mle. 1935A was quite an elegant weapon, while Mle. 1935S had much more simplified look. The Mle.1935 had been manufactured by MAC, MAS, and SACM factories. Chamber: 7.65x22mm Longue (32 S&W Long (.32 Colt New Police) 7.65xx22mm Parabellum (7.65x22mm Luger) U.S. .32 S&W Long (.32 Colt New Police) also ammo at-= Gad Custom Cartridges Technically, the Mle. 1935 is a further development of the Colt-Browning M1911 pistol. Mle. 1935 uses same locked breech, swinging link operated locking with single locking lug on the top of the barrel (in the Mle. 1935S the locking lug was formed on the slide, and on the top of the barrel there was a recess). The hammer and lock-work was designed as a single assembly, removable for cleaning maintenance (first originated in Soviet TT pistol of 1930). This unit contained hammer, sear and mains spring. The slide mounted safety locked the firing pin when engaged. Sights are fixed and magazine single stack, holding 8 rounds.
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