![]() At the beginning of 1943, a new serial code numbering system is used which began at number 01a until number 99999a was reached. It appears that the first of these WaA 140 marked fixed rear sight pistols begin at around the serial number of 150,000 which leaves a gap in the serial number range between the tangent and fixed sight WaA 140 marked pistols.The fixed sight WaA 140 marked pistols continued until around serial number 200,000 which dates them toward the end of 1942. When the tangent rear sight was removed, the Germans replaced it with a fixed rear sight that was drift adjustable for windage only. None of these pistols will have the shoulder stock slot, but the early made examples in the serial number range of 95,000 to 135,000 will have the tangent rear sight. ![]() These WaA 140 stamped pistols were manufactured from late 1941 until the liberation of the FN plant in Belgium in 1944. ![]() WaA 140 = The third and final German WWII era made Hi-Powers will be found with the Waffenamt stamp WaA 140. ![]()
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