I've been carrying a Springfield Hellcat for 3 years. 450 rounds later and zero problems. No jamming which can be a problem with some guns with a double stack mag. Small enough to fit in a jacket pocket. Dependable, smooth trigger pull, fits in your hand well. A pawn shop near me has 3 for sale...
On another thread someone mentioned the PC stood for police constable and Jacobs was the officer and the date was the date of issue. Sounds reasonable.. I'm also trying to find out how to tell if this one or one like it was used in the Korean War.
I recently picked up this rifle from a pawn shop. It's taken a couple of days to break it down and clean the overabundance of grease. The disk is most perplexing. All the threads I've contacted state they've seen them near the butt but never there. I'm new to collecting so any help would be...