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Mauser 1914 7,65 Pistol
WillRuss
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I recently found what I believe may be a 1914 Mauser pistol in my Grandfather's belongings. It has a serial of 204xxx, and "WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER A-B OBERNDORF A.N. MAUSER'S PATENT" all in one line on the left, but no "Mauser" stamp beneath. It has "Mauser-7,65" on the right. There's a crown over "F" stamp behind the rear sight. Bluing is about 75%.
Can somebody tell me more about this pistol?
Can somebody tell me more about this pistol?
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Yours is more interesting and perhaps more valuable then the ones more commonly found because of the First World War German military proof mark on it, ( The Crowned Fraktur Letter on top of the slide, is a German military inspectors acceptance marking ).
I recently found what I believe may be a 1914 Mauser pistol in my Grandfather's belongings. It has a serial of 204xxx, and "WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER A-B OBERNDORF A.N. MAUSER'S PATENT" all in one line on the left, but no "Mauser" stamp beneath. It has "Mauser-7,65" on the right. There's a crown over "F" stamp behind the rear sight. Bluing is about 75%.
Can somebody tell me more about this pistol?
A standard commercial has a Crown U behind the rear sight. A military accepted one has the Crown U behind the rear sight and a Crown with a Fraktur letter in front of the rear sight. Since it adds about a hundred bucks to a commercial pistol, some shady characters change the U to fool the unknowledgable. Check the position of the letter again please.
By the way, the "F" is located between the rear sight and the back of the slide. I don't have the gun in my posession yet, and I don't remember a stamp on the other side of the rear sight - although there may be one there. I looked VERY carefully at the stamp, though, and it's definitely an "F". I've seen photos of the "U" stamp, and that ain't it.
Hopefully I'll have a working camera the next time I have access to the pistol so I can post a picture.
Thanks again for everyone's input.
Thanks for the info. Oh, and I understood what he meant by "GOOLEING". My main concern was the absence of the Mauser stamp on the left side plate and my unfamiliarity with the "Crown over F" stamp. I hadn't seen either of those mentioned on any sites I could "GOOLE".
I wouldn't be loosing any sleep about the lack of the Mauser banner marked side plate. Here is another one used by the W W I German military, with a serial number slightly higher then your's. Perhaps this was a manufacturing expedient during the First World War? Or since the side plates were removable the pistol might have been reworked or repaired with a unmarked replacement side plate? Click on the link.
http://www.p38guns.com/Mauser1914-1920.htm