SIG SP47/8 Shall I get this sort of P210 or not?

Sergio Natali · 01-05-2014, 01:34 PM

In order to replace famous Parabellum the SIG company in 1937 acquired the right to exploit the patents of Charles Petter for the manufacture of a new automatic pistol.

The first of these guns in cal. 7,65 Para and 9 mm left SIG premises only a few years before the WWII

In 1942 this gun was modified and became the SP/44 but apparently hard military tests ruined the first test guns. Subsequently from this model started the so called "SP 47/8" meaning the 47 for the year of production and 8 for the number of cartridges in the magazine. Soon after (1948) the Swiss Army adopted this gun under the name M/49

S/N of SP 47/8 go from No 6029 to 7030, so one thousand of them were originally made, and this gun has S/N 65xx

At the time most of these "pre series SP 47/8 went to Swedish range shooters.
This obviously scarce gun is in exeptionally good conditions, BUT, we are in Italy and the original barrel has been rechambered, transforming the original cal 9 Para into 9X21 IMI

AND actually it is very expensive: (about USD 4700.00)
Amletic doubt: shall I try to get it for my collection of forget it completely?

Maestro · 01-05-2014, 02:39 PM

pretty interesting gun.. here's reprint of manual being sold on eBay, and picture of full cased set with conversion kit... hard decision

01-05-2014, 01:34 PM	#1
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	SIG SP47/8 Shall I get this sort of P210 or not? In order to replace famous Parabellum the SIG company in 1937 acquired the right to exploit the patents of Charles Petter for the manufacture of a new automatic pistol. The first of these guns in cal. 7,65 Para and 9 mm left SIG premises only a few years before the WWII In 1942 this gun was modified and became the SP/44 but apparently hard military tests ruined the first test guns. Subsequently from this model started the so called "SP 47/8" meaning the 47 for the year of production and 8 for the number of cartridges in the magazine. Soon after (1948) the Swiss Army adopted this gun under the name M/49 S/N of SP 47/8 go from No 6029 to 7030, so one thousand of them were originally made, and this gun has S/N 65xx At the time most of these "pre series SP 47/8 went to Swedish range shooters. This obviously scarce gun is in exeptionally good conditions, BUT, we are in Italy and the original barrel has been rechambered, transforming the original cal 9 Para into 9X21 IMI AND actually it is very expensive: (about USD 4700.00) Amletic doubt: shall I try to get it for my collection of forget it completely? Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list. Last edited by Sergio Natali; 01-05-2014 at 02:29 PM.

01-05-2014, 02:39 PM	#2
Maestro User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: "Where the streets have no names" Posts: 504 Thanks: 192 Thanked 200 Times in 136 Posts	pretty interesting gun.. here's reprint of manual being sold on eBay, and picture of full cased set with conversion kit... hard decision Attached Thumbnails