S.A.C.M. 1935A "Petter" Pistol
France
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15m
The SACM 1935A pistol, developped by Charles Petter, is a pistol mostly famous by association due to it's infamous offspring the SIG P.49 / 210 and myth sometimes blurrs fact as features of the later are attributed to the former. Let's have a closer look to filter fact from fiction.
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