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This pistol is part of the final delivery of the so-called “Kuba Pistolen” to Hoffmann & Reinhardt of Zürich. H.P. Doebeli, the first chronicler of the P210, applied the denomination of the “Kuba Modell” to a batch of surplus P210-4, a part of the 1,500 pistols produced in advance by SIG expecting orders from the German government following their 1951 delivery to the Bundesgrenzschutz. When the German order failed to materialize, 1,417 of these pistols were sent to Denmark as the third delivery of their m/49 military contract. (See Vetter, p. 69.) Originally numbered as a continuation of the German BGS order between 5025 and 6441, the pistols redirected to Denmark were renumbered by prefixes with the numeral 3, yielding the range 35025-36441. The tail end of this production run, unclaimed by the Danes, and numbered between 6442 and 6500, remained at first in Switzerland. Vetter shows SN 6491, the last P210 delivered to the Basel police, and the final SN 6500, on p. 74. The gun in these pictures is numbered between these two. It bears U.S. importer marks of Benet Arms, S.F. Cal.94-4079, applied around the magazine well. Kessler Auktionen AG sold SN 6500 in excellent condition (Zustand: 1), as Lot 05501 for Sfr. 4500 on 27 August 2005, and SN 6455 in mint condition (Zustand: neuwertig), as Lot 834 for Sfr. 3000 on 23 February 2008.

Early Neuhausen pistols suffered from inadequate heat treatment of the slides. The Danish army shot many kinds of 9mm ammo, including the Bofors M39B. This caused the slides to crack between the opening for the loaded chamber indicator and the ejection port. In early Sixties, SIG delivered unmarked replacement slides, but since they were already hardened, the numbers engraved by the armorers were not as deep as the original roll marks on the frame. Armbruster’s book shows on p. 137 one of the m/49 pistols, SN 35763, retrofitted with an upgraded slide for delivery to Denmark.

The external finish on this “Kuba Pistole” shows lots of tool marks typical for the P210-4. Mechanically, the fit is as good as always. On this version of the P210-4, three dimples evidence Rockwell test for hardness on the polished lower surface of the breechblock inside the slide. As is normally the case with early production guns, the hammer action is numbered on the casing en suite with the frame, slide, and barrel.









“Kuba Pistolen” command high prices, owing to only 59 pieces ever having been made. As Vetter notes in his account, their serial numbers duplicate those used in the earlier production run of commercial SP47/8 pistols. This situation highlights the general difficulty of establishing delivery dates for P210 pistols. Most commercial P210 deliveries came with a test target. In most cases, that target noted its ammunition lot date. Many earlier targets also included the test date. For example, the test target for the SIG P210-6 numbered P 64930 lists “Munition” as 23.5.60 and “Datum” as 7. April 1970. These delivery dates are of critical interest under U.S. law, which exempts older firearms from many regulations under the designation of Curios & Relics. C&R handguns are exempt from the CA DOJ Certified Handgun Roster. As defined in Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations, § 478.11, C&R firearms include all “[f]irearms which were manufactured at least 50 years prior to the current date, but not including replicas thereof”. The same Title 27 C.F.R. § 479.102, identifies the firearm with its frame or receiver. Thus all pistols built on frames delivered by their makers at least 50 years ago, qualify as C&R under U.S. law. This pistol was assembled in 1951, but delivered in 1966, with its slide specially hardened in the interim. Depending on the interpretation of the cited statutes, it may or may not qualify as a C&R firearm as of 2008.

The following chart correlates serial numbers with delivery dates and model designations. All references are either to private communications (P), or to books by Doebeli (D), Vetter (V), and Armbruster (A), as noted by page number.

Serial Number[s]: Date[s] of Delivery: Model Designation & Special Features: Reference & Page Number:
00 1948 m/49 Prototype D 116
00 1953 m/49 Prototype D 117
000 1953 m/49 Prototype V 147
001-500 1999 JP210 “50 Years of the Army P 49” A 174-175
0001-16607 1948-51 m/49 V 146, 148, A 132
2120 1948-51 m/49 V 147
5022 1962 m/49 D 118
6001 1943 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17, V 24
6002 1944 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17
6003 1944 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17
6004 1944 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17, A 28-30
6005 1944 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17
6006 1944 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17
6007 1944/45 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17, V 25, A 32-33
6008 1944 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17
6009 1943 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17, V 26, A 31
6010 circa 1943 “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17
6011 circa 1943  “Original Petter Model” D 17, V 26, A 27
6012 1943  “Petter-SIG Prototype” D 17, V 27
6013 1944-47  “Original Petter Model” D 17
6014 1944-47 “Original Petter Model” D 17
6015 1944-47 “Original Petter Model” D 17
6016 1944-47 P44/15 “SP44/15 Prototype” D 17, V 27, A 34
6017 1944 P44/15 “SP44/15 Prototype” D 17, V 28
6018 1944-47 P44/15 “SP44/16 Prototype” D 17, V 29
6019 1944-47 P44/15 “SP44/16 Prototype” D 17
6020 1944-47 P44/15 “SP44/16 Prototype” D 17, V 29
6021 1944-47 P44/15 “SP44/16 Prototype” D 17
6022 1944-47 P44/15 “SP44/16 Prototype” D 17
6023 1944-47 P44/16 “SP44/16 Prototype” D 17, V 30
6024 1944-47 P44/16 “SP44/16 Prototype” D 17, V 31, A 35
6025 1944-47 P44/16 “SP44/16 Prototype” D 17, V 31-32
6026 1938 “Original Petter Model” D 17, V 32, A 10
6027 1938 “Original Petter Model” D 17, V 33
6028 1947 SP47/8 “SP47/8 First Issue” D 17, V 34, A 36
6033 1947 SP47/8 D 33
6035-6054 1947 SP47/8 A 39
6051 1947 SP47/8 V 38
6120 1947 SP47/8 V 39
6406 1947 SP47/8 V 39
6442-6461 1951-1966 P210-4 A 66
6451 1951 P210-4 D 121
6459 1947/48 P210-4 V 40
6464-6466 1951-1966 P210-4 A 66
6482 1947/48 P210-4 D 119, V 40
6491-6500 1951-1966 P210-4 A 66
6491 1951-1966 P210-4 V 69, 74
6500 1951-1966 P210-4 V 69, 74
6516 1947 SP47/8 D 35
6520 1947/48 SP 47/8 V 41
6540 1947/48 SP 47/8 V 41
6560 1947/48 SP47/8 KK V118
6573 1947 SP47/8 D 36-37
6591 1947/48 SP47/8 V 42
6592 1947/48 SP47/8 V 42
6593 1947 SP47/8 D 38, V 43
6738 1947 SP47/8 D 39-40
6840 1947 SP47/8 D 41-42
6863 1963 P210-5 Prototype V 78
6864 1963 P210-5 Prototype V 78
6865 1955 SP47/8 “Sport” A 72-73
6872 1951 SP47/8 KK V118
6920 1947 P210-6 D 45-46
7005 1949-1952 SP47/8 V 46
7014 1949-1952 SP47/8 V 46
7015 1947/48 SP47/8 D 47
7020 1948/49 SP47/8 KK V 119
7021 1948/49 SP47/8 KK V 119
7024 1948/49 SP47/8 KK V 120
7026 1948/49 SP47/8 KK D 48, V 120
7027 1948/49 SP47/8 KK V 121
7029 1948/49 SP47/8 KK V 121
7695 1948/51 m/49 V 148
15637 1951 m/49 V 148
16608-25513 1953/54 m/49 V 146, 149, A 132
16637 1953 m/49 V 149
20704 1954 m/49 V 150
35025-36441 1962 m/49 V 146, 150, A 132
35383 1962 m/49 V 150
40501 1957/58 P210-7 V 123
41762 1968 P210-7 V 124
A 100001 1949 P49 V 130
A 100672 1949 P49 V 130
A 101231 1949 P49 V 131
A 104214 1950/51 P49 V 131
A 166501 1969 P49 V 136
A 172385 1972 P49 D 127
A 204685 1985 P49 Shooting Prize V 137
A 212913 1985 P49 Shooting Prize D 129
D 0001-5000 from 1951 P210-4 V 69, A 62-63
D 0031 1951 P210-4 V 70
D 0063 1951 P210-4 V 71
D 4156 1951/52 P210-4 V 71
D 5001-5020 1955 P210-4 V 69, A 63
D 6001-6500 1995-2001 P210-4 V 76, A 67, 69
D 6002 1995-2001 P210-4 V 76, A 67
D 6362 1995-2001 P210-4 “50 Years of BGS” A 69
HT 6925-6951 1983 P210-4 V 75
HT 6950 1983 P210-4 V 75
JP 001-500 1978 JP210 “125 Years of SIG” V 159
JP 029 1978 JP210 “125 Years of SIG” A 160-161
JP 164 1978 JP210 “125 Years of SIG” D 102
JP 178 1978 JP210 “125 Years of SIG” V 160
№ 0001-1991 1991 JP210 “700 Years of Swiss Confederation” A 165-167
№ 0178 1991 JP210 “700 Years of Swiss Confederation” V 163
P 6865 1955 SP47/8 “Target” A 73-75
P 6920 1953 SP47/8 “Target” V 94-95
P 6924 1953/54 SP47/8 “Target” V 95
P 8003 1951 P 210-3 V 64
P 8001-8250 1951 P210-3 D 52, A 59-61
P 8015 1950 P210-3 D 50
P 8139 1951 P210-3 V 65
P 8238 1959 P210-3 D 51
P 8262 1951 P210-3 V 65
P 8826 1949 P210-3 D 52
P 8874-8893 1965 P210-3 D 52
P 50004 1949/50 P210-1 V 50
P 50091 1949 P210-1 D 54
P 50167 1950 P210-1 D 57
P 50249 1949/50 P210-1 V 51
P 50274 1949 P210-1 D 58
P 50283 1950/54 P210-6 V 96
P 50355 1952/53 SP47/8 KK V 122
P 50897 1950 P210-4 V 70
P 50935 1950 P210-2 “S Delivery” V 58
P 51619 1951/52 P210-1 V 51
P 51787 1951/52 P210-1 V 52
P 52221 1967 P210-5 Prototype D 77, V 79
P 52222 1967 P210-5 Prototype D 75, 79, V 77, 79
P 52224 1967 P210-5 Prototype V 80
P 52240 1967 P210-5 D 75, V 79-80
P 52713 1952 P210-2 D 59
P 52784 1965 P210-2 “S-Delivery” D 124
P 53148 1952 P210-1 D 60-61
P 53226 1953 SP47/8 “Sport” V 81
P 53412 1953 P210-2 V 59
P 54180 circa 1953 SP47/8 “Target” D 61-62
P 54460 1952/53 P210-1 V 52
P 54581 1953 P210-1 V 53
P 54961 1967 P210-5 V 81
P 55016 1954/55 P210-1 V 53
P 56046 1963 P210-2 Shooting Prize V 138
P 56503 1954/55 P210-1 V 54
P 56845 1960s P210-5 NM A 84
P 56846 1965 P210-5 NM V 82
P 56890 1960s P210-5 NM A 82, 84
P 56933 1960s P210-5 NM A 83
P 57271 1965 P210-2 Shooting Prize V 138
P 57764 1965-67 P210-5 .38 Special V 83, A 145-150
P 57767 1958 P210-2 “Stamped Slide” A 151-155
P 57768 1958 P210-2 “Stamped Slide” D 123
P 58143 1955 P210-1 D 63
P 58931-58940 1966 P210-5 NM D 73-75
P 58933 1966 P210-5 NM D 73-75
P 59691-59700 1961/62 P210-S “Swedish Trial” D 125, A142-144
P 59691 1961/62 P210-S “Swedish Trial” A 142-144
P 59693 1961/62 P210-S “Swedish Trial” D 125
P 59706 1967 P210-5 HF V 84
P 60358 1968/69 P210-5 de Luxe V 153
P 60412 1956-58 P210-1 V 54
P 60431-60448 1969 P210-5 NM D 74-75
P 60432 1969 P210-5 NM A 83
P 60433 1969 P210-5 NM A 86
P 60437 1969 P210-5 NM A 84
P 60442 1969 P210-5 NM V 85
P 60448 1968 P210-5 NM D 76
P 60450 1969 P210-5 HF V 85
P 60881 1969-1971 P210-5 V 86
P 64930 1970 P210-6 P
P 66385 1972 P210-5 V 86
P 66574 circa 1970 P210-2 D 68
P 67148 1969/70 P210-2 V 60
P 68649 1972 P210-5 P
P 68990 1969/70 P210-1 V 55
P 69769 1971 P210-L V 154
P 70100 1970/71 P210-L V 155
P 73351-73400 1974 P210-6 A 102-103
P 73616 1972/73 P210-1 V 55
P 76267 1969/70 P210-3 V 66
P 76521-76620 1979 P210-6 D 75
P 76544 1979 P210-6 HF V 99
P 76588 1979 P210-HF D 81
P 77744 1977 P210-L V 156
P 78497 1975 P210-2 D 69
P 79101-79125 1975 P210-6 HF D 74-75, A 97-98
P 79102 1975 P210-6 HF D 83
P 79103 1975 P210-6 HF P
P 79115 1975 P210-6 HF V 100
P 79126-79150 1975 P210-6 HF D 75, A 97-100
P 79136 1975 P210-6 HF P
P 79600-79700 1979 P210-6 D 75
P 79651 1979 P210-6 HF V 100
P 79667 1979 P210-6 HF D 82
P 79900-79950 1976 P210-3 D 70
P 79931 1976 P210-3 D 70
P 79931-79350 1976 P210-3 D 70, A 59-61
P 79937 1976 P210-3 V 66
P 79938 1976 P210-3 V 67, A 61
P 79946 1976 P210-3 V 67
P 80083 1976/77 P210-2 V 60
P 81053 1977 P210-3 V 68
P 81422 1990 P210-6 KK Shooting Prize V 139
P 84300 1978 P210-5 D 73
P 89107 1978 P210-6 D 84
P 92698 1982 P210-L P
P 96651 1976 P210-3 V 63
P 96651 1983/84 P210-6 V 101
P 97250 1983/84 P210-2 V 61
P 97350 1983 P210-5 V 89
P 97550 1983 P210-5 V 89
P 97901-97950 1984 P210-5 180mm V 90
P 300001 1983/84 P210-6 V 102
P 300700 1984 P210-6 V 102
P 300850 1983/84 P210-2 V 62
P 301706 1986/87 P210-2 V 62
P 305101-305150 1988 P210-5 180mm V 90
P 305715 1988 P210-5 180mm V 90
P 305979 1988 P210-2 Shooting Prize V 139
P 306201-306250 1985/86 P210-5 V 91
P 306301-306400 1985/86 P210-5 180mm V 91
P 306501-306600 1985/86 P210-5 180mm V 91
P 306600 1988 P210-5 V 103
P 306751-306850 1985/86 P210-5 V 91
P 309521-309570 1987-90 P210-5 HF V 91
P 309555 1987-90 P210-5 HF 180mm V 92
P 310001-310999 1986 JP210 “600 Years of Battle at Sempach” A 162-163
P 310178 1986 JP210 “600 Years of Battle at Sempach” V 165
P 312700-2 1992 P210-5 V 92
P 314514-2 1993 P210-5 HF V 93
P 315850 1995 P210-5 HF V 93
P 316550 1995 P210-6 HF V 106
P 325723-325725 2006 P210-6 HF P
P 331065-331067 2006 P210-6 S P
P 331536 2006 P210-5 LS A 93-94
P 555001 1986/87 P210-6 “Von Bank” V 158

Abbreviations:
HF → Heavy Frame
JP → Jubiläumspistole = Jubilee Pistol
KK → Kleinkaliber (.22 Long Rifle)
L  → Luxus = Deluxe (engraved model)
S → Sport, HF, side mag button
LS → Long Slide Sport, HF, side mag button
NM → Nationalmannschafts-Modell = National Match Model
References:
H.P. Doebeli, Die SIG Pistolen, Motorbuch Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-87943-739-4
Lorenz Vetter, Das grosse Buch der SIG-Pistolen, Motorbuch Verlag/Verlag Stocker-Schmid, 1995, ISBN 3-7276-7123-8
Erwin Armbruster & Werner Kessler, Begegnungen mit einer Legende — SIG SP 47/8 / P 210, Kessler Waffen AG, 2007

—The author thanks Paul Kümin for his kind contributions of information incorporated in this article. If you own a SIG P210 with a test target that indicates the date of its shooting, please send its copy to the author as an email attachment, for incorporation into this list.

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