German Bundesgrenzschutz SIG P-210-4

The BGS, now the BundesPolizei (Federal Police) was the first post-WWII West German National Police Force, BGS stands for German Border Police. In the early 1950s they ordered 5,000 Sig P-210 9mm pistols, without a lanyard ring but with a loaded chamber indicator. I bought this last November, on GunBroker, from a dealer in Switzerland. It arrived at my custom's broker (MMBI in Maryland) last week after languishing in the BATFE E-Form Computer System. All MMBI had to do was have the importer's marks engraved on the gun and ship it out to my FFL; they shipped Monday; yesterday around 4pm I was shooting it at my local range! It is an awesome handling pistol; I know, a bit antiquated, 8 round single stack, SAO, but hey its the same age as I am; 60 something!

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I don't mind a single stack. I don't need all the ammo in the world, and you can always carry a couple mags. The .45s served well for years after all. Those are a gun I've always wanted to try. Kind of the first of the many...

A really fantastic pistol and a really wonderful place to put the import markings. Nicely done for sure. The design was first made for the French and later it was refined for the Swiss.

I've lusted for a 210 for decades. What an awesome pistol!