Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this semi-automatic pistol today for a penny-start auction; this is the Sig Sauer Swiss Army P49!
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SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Sig Arms
Model: Swiss Army P49
Serial: A175144
Caliber: 9mm
Finish: Matte Blue
Barrel Length: 4 ¾"
Optics/Sights: Fixed
Stock/Grips: Checkered Walnut Wrap Around Grips
Action: Semi-Automatic
Markings: Standard / “P” on left of trigger guard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Swiss military P49s are identified by the “A” serial number prefix stamped on the barrel, slide and frame and a lanyard loop on the left grip. Serial numbers began at A100001 in 1949 and ended with A213110 in the early 1970s. Just over 113,000 were made. The pistol was also marked with a “P” on the side of the trigger guard, indicating it had legally passed from military to civilian ownership. The project to find a replacement for the Swiss P06/29 Luger started in the late 1930s. It was a tall order because the Swiss-made Luger was a superbly accurate, target-grade gun, thanks to its design, grip ergonomics, quality manufacture and bottleneck 7.62x21mm (.30 Luger) caliber. What they weren’t was particularly powerful or reliable in dirty field conditions. The Swiss military wanted a more broadly reliable and powerful 9x19mm caliber sidearm that was at least as accurate.
Model: Swiss Army P49
Serial: A175144
Caliber: 9mm
Finish: Matte Blue
Barrel Length: 4 ¾"
Optics/Sights: Fixed
Stock/Grips: Checkered Walnut Wrap Around Grips
Action: Semi-Automatic
Markings: Standard / “P” on left of trigger guard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Swiss military P49s are identified by the “A” serial number prefix stamped on the barrel, slide and frame and a lanyard loop on the left grip. Serial numbers began at A100001 in 1949 and ended with A213110 in the early 1970s. Just over 113,000 were made. The pistol was also marked with a “P” on the side of the trigger guard, indicating it had legally passed from military to civilian ownership. The project to find a replacement for the Swiss P06/29 Luger started in the late 1930s. It was a tall order because the Swiss-made Luger was a superbly accurate, target-grade gun, thanks to its design, grip ergonomics, quality manufacture and bottleneck 7.62x21mm (.30 Luger) caliber. What they weren’t was particularly powerful or reliable in dirty field conditions. The Swiss military wanted a more broadly reliable and powerful 9x19mm caliber sidearm that was at least as accurate.
SIG looked at the latest military autoloaders and decided to base their new pistol on the French military’s 7.65x20mm caliber Model 1935-A pistol. They obtained the necessary licenses to utilize its specific patents, which is why the Swiss P49 bears a close external resemblance to the French gun. The Swiss kept its grip angle, Browning style, locked breech, short-recoil, tilting-barrel operating system, its front and rear anchored full-length recoil spring guide-rod, bushing-less barrel, unique modular hammer mechanism and pivoting trigger. The changes SIG engineered resulted in the most expensive, most accurate and, many argue, the best, standard military sidearm ever made. This process took about 10 years, so the Swiss military clearly wasn’t in a rush. In fact, they weren’t even SIG’s first customer for the new gun.
Return Policy:
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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