Spring 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
February 26th, February 27th, February 28th, and March 1st, 2026
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE SOVIET RUSSIAN IZHEVSK MECHANICAL PLANT PSM “ISH-75” WITH HOLSTERS
25-6188 | Cal. 5.45x18mm. | S# XB2386. | Bbl. 3 5/16″.
PSM “IZh-75” (Pistolet Samozaryadny Malogabritny / “Compact Self-Loading Pistol”) mfg. in Russia at the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant / Izhmash in 1985 (just six years prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union). The PSM, designed at the Tula Design Bureau in 1969 (adopted in 1972), is a late Cold War Soviet pistol largely designed for use by Soviet military high command staff, though due to its compact and thin design quickly found favor with the KGB and law enforcement personnel. While never officially imported into the United States, an extremely small number of PSM pistols are believed to have made their way into the country through diplomatic channels and means. This example is marked with the S# “XB2386” on the left side of the slide, which is repeated on the left side of the frame and followed by the Izhevsk / Izhmash arsenal insignia, the 2-digit year of mfg. “85”, and an extremely small “FWW” (Frankonia Waffen Wurzburg) German import mark. The right side of the chamber area of the frame is marked “5.45x18mm”, followed by a diminutive West German Eagle/N commercial nitro proof (repeated on right side of slide), above 2 sets of Russian arsenal proofs, followed by a triad of of West German proofs consisting of an Eagle/N, Munich proof house shield, and an apparent “AD” date code within a shield, appearing to indicate “03” (2003). Metal components exhibit a blue finish overall. Frame is mounted with a 1-piece black anodized alloy grip, featuring grooved panels on either side, with additional grooving on the rear grip strap. Front grip strap of frame also features a small panel of grooving. The slide features a slightly raised horizontally grooved rib, with an integral blade front sight, dovetailed square notch rear sight, and distinctive safety lever on the left side at the rear. Frame and slide are matching via the full S# “XB2386”, with the trigger guard and ejector matching via an electro-penciled “86”. MAGS: 1 non-matching (S#: 1896-2) blued steel 8-rd. mag. with black anodized alloy floorplate. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: x3 brown leather holsters and x1 tan leather holster. 2 of the brown leather holsters exhibit boxed Soviet markings on the interior of the closure flap. Tan holster exhibits a mostly illegible impressed insignia and contains a note that reads “The yellow shoulder holster is really for a PSM pistol. I send it to you because it’s rare. As I know there was made about 200 pcs. of such holster for Ukrainian High Command of border guards.”. STATUS: MODERN.
