SIG P210-2 (SP47/8 - Swiss P49), 9 mm Parabellum (9x19 mm/9 mm Luger)

Type: Semiautomatic pistol
Produced: 1947-1986
Caliber: 9 mm Parabellum (9x19 mm/9 mm Luger)
Action: Delayed blowback
Trigger: Single action
Safety: Thumb safety (frame), magazine disconnector
Magazine: 8 rounds, box single
Sights: Rear, open sight adjustable, square notch; Front, ramp shape fixed
Grooves: 6 grooves, right-hand twist, one turn in 9.84" (250 mm)
Barrel length: 4.7" (120 mm)
Overall length: 8.5" (215 mm)
Muzzle energy: 390 ft-lb (529 J)
Muzzle velocity: 1,190 ft/s (363 m/s)

The SIG P210 (Swiss Army designation Pistole 49, the civilian model was known as SP47/8 prior to 1957) is a locked breech self loading, semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured in Neuhausen am Rheinfall (Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland) by SIG from 1948 to 2006.
It is of all-steel construction chambered in 9×19 mm Parabellum and 7,65×21 mm Parabellum. It was used from 1949 to 1975 by the Swiss Army and police units and known as Pistole Modell 1949. It was also adopted and is still in service with the Military of Denmark (as M/49 Neuhausen or simply Neuhausen), in 1951 by the German Bundespolizei and in shooting sports.
The pistols were decommissioned by the Swiss Army and replaced by the SIG Sauer P220 (Swiss Army designation Pistole 75) developed in 1975. Swiss production of the P210 continued until 2006. A new model, the P210 Legend, was introduced by SIG Sauer GMBH of Germany in 2010, and another, the P210A, was introduced by SIG Sauer Inc. of New Hampshire in the United States in 2017. In 2022, Sig Sauer released the P210 Carry originally debuted at the 2010 Shot Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The P210 Carry is lighter and smaller than the original P210 featuring an alloy frame and a 4.1 inch barrel instead of the 4.7 inch barrel on the original P210. It also differs because it has new additions such as the front slide serrations, the Nitron finish, and the black Hogue G10 grips, for a more aggressive and modern look.
It also exists in .22 Long Rifle and 10 mm Auto. The difference between model 210-1 is that plastic grips are used
and surface sand blasted
instead of polished.
Serial numbers starting A are the Swiss army ordnance models. Army models run from serial number A 100001 to A 213110. Those that have a P added to the rear of a serial number that starts with an A have been sold by the Swiss army to civilians. A stamped "P" (="privat") on the front of the trigger guard shows that a weapon was left as a gift to the owner upon leaving the Armed Services.
Serial numbers 6001 to 6028 are prototypes made during 1938–1947. 6033 to 6406 are early model SP47/8 made in 1947.
Serial numbers with a P were made for police and for private use, running from P 8001 to P 8250 (1951) and P 50004 (1949) to P 79150 (1975). Serial numbers from P 79600 to P 97950 are private models made by SIG Sauer, Switzerland, during 1976–1984, and P 300001 to P 331536 were made by Sig Sauer (Swiss Arms) during 1983–2006.
A. k. a. 9 mm Ordonnanzpistole 49.
Designed by Charles Gabriel Petter (1880-1953), a former captain in the French Foreign Legion and an engineer of the French company Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM) and best known as the designer of the Pistolet automatique modèle 1935A (also known as the French Model 1935A, or M1935A). He also designed a submachine gun that was patented and formally adopted into French service in 1939, but never produced.

Credits:
Author's knowledge;
MATHEWS, J. Howard - Firearms Identification. Vol. I. 2nd printing. Springfield, Illinois, USA: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1973. ISBN 0-398-02355-7;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_P210
https://www.genitron.com/Handgun/SIG-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

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