Hammer Letter Models

Second models made. Like the letter models with external hammers. Still use letters to designate the various models. Mostly produced before the war but a few exist with post war serial numbers. Catalog numbers for this series were assigned after the war in order to utilize the record keeping system of that time. Type II takedown only. The serial number ranges are best estimates as of the revision date.

Model H-B, Type 1

Like the model B but with exposed hammer. approximately 2,100 made.

Model H-B, Type 2 post WW II

Post war variation has an external safety. Approximately 25,000 made

Model H-A

Like the model A but with exposed hammer. Introduced 1940; approximately 1,040 made.

Model H-D

Like the model D but with exposed hammer. Approximately 6,900 made. A few guns mad in 1945.

Model H-E

Like the model E but with exposed hammer. Introduced 1940; approximately 1,006 made.

Model USA- Model HD

Similar to the model HD but 4.50" barrel only. Had fixed sights, checkered black hard rubber grips, and an external safety. Early models blued; later model parkerized. Introduced 1943; approximately 34,000 produced for the US government

* One gun s/n 153,890 shipped to the war department in 1946

Model USA-Model HD MS

A silenced variation of the USA Model HD. Approximately 2,600 produced for the OSS during 1944 and 1945. 6.75" shrouded barrel. Early models blued with parko barrel shroud; later model parkerized over all. Only a few registered with BATF for civilian ownership.

Model H-D Military

Similar to the HD but with external safety. Early production had checkered plastic grips; later production changed to checkered walnut. approximately 150,000 produced.

Compiled by _ John Stimson, Jr.,  Released ___10 April , 2001,  Revised ___ 14 March , 2002,
 Revised ___ 13 April, 2002,  Revised ___ 28 December, 2003, Revised ___ 21 July , 2004
Revised ___ 26 March , 2007, Revised ___ 30 October , 2007
© John J. Stimson, Jr. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007