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- 1910 Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers
- Mauser Pocket Pistol Serial Numbers
- Mauser Pistol 1914 Serial Numbers
- Mauser Pistol Serial Number Lookup
Find Serial Number Enter the serial number, without spaces or dashes, to search the database. If multiple models appear for your serial number simply match the date with the appropriate model, as certain vintage firearms can share serial numbers between different models. I recently acquired a Mauser 1914 and wondered about a marking on the slide. The serial number (360xxx) indicates it was made sometime between 1923 and 1929 (somebody please correct me on this if this is wrong). It also has the numbers 555 stamped on the receiver. Any idea what these numbers. Production began in late 1940 at serial number 700,000, as an extension of the serial number range of the Mauser Model 1934 pistol, a much more difficult pistol to manufacture. The early pistols have well-made wooden grips, and are highly polished and richly blued. 'Waffenfabrik Mauser A.G. Mauser's Patent' is on the slide and the frame has the Mauser insignia on the left side. The Model 14s were built from 1914 until 1934, and of those serial numbers ranging from 40000 to 180000, most have German military acceptance markings, but some have the Prussian Eagle. Although the firm name had been changed from Waffenfabrik Mauser to Mauser-Werke in 1922, the new name was not used on the pocket pistols until 1929 or 1930, at about serial number 400,000. 1934-1939-From 1914 to 1934 there had been little change in the 7.65 mm. Model, but in 1934 a change was made which altered its external appearance.
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Characteristics:
Type: Single Action semiautomatic.
Caliber(s): 7.65x17mmSR (.32ACP).
Weight unloaded: 614 g.
Length: 152 mm.
Barrel length: 87 mm.
Magazine capacity: 8 rounds.
1910 Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers
The pocket pistol series includes the Model 1910, Model 1914, and Model 1934. They are very similar to each other with differences of caliber and small features such as the shape of the grips. There are also other rare variants such as the Model 1912-14, which were experimental and did not go into production. These pistols are fairly common yet uniquely well made, well finished compact pistols.
The Model 1910 is a 6.35 caliber (25 Auto ACP), grips can be black plastic ('Franzite'), hard rubber or checkered wood wrap around grip. A few examples were factory nickel finish which are worth slightly more, but beware of after market 'Chrome' finishes applied over the original bluing.
Mauser Pocket Pistol Serial Numbers
The model 1910 designation is often used to describe different models. The model 1910's produced between 1911 and July 1913 had a latch on the side for breakdown and are known as 'side latch' or 'first' models. A modified version of this gun was introduced in 1914, still in 6.35mm, without the latch. This gun is often called a 'neues model' or 'second model' 1910. Slight changes were made to the model 1910 in 1914 including an added feature that holds open the receiver after the last shot is fired. Some people may refer to this as the model 1910/14.
Mauser Pistol 1914 Serial Numbers
German designers from famous Mauser Werke worked on various semi-automatic pistols since about 1893. In the year of 1909 they set to develop a new, relatively simple semiautomatic pistol, chambered for 9x19mm Luger ammunition with reduced load. This weapon, known as Mauser Model 1910, was not a great success; its updated version, known as Model 1910/12, was manufactured in small numbers under contract with Brazilian navy. In the mean time, it was decided that a new design is more suitable for ammunition, less powerful than a 'military' 9mm Luger, so, in the 1910, the basic design was scaled down to relatively new 6.35mm Browning ammunition (known in USA as .25ACP, first introduced in 1906 in Europe and in 1908 in USA). Known as Mauser Model 1910, this became a rather successful pocket pistol. Just before the start of World War One Mauser turned out a slightly bigger version of the same gun, chambered for another Browning-designed cartridge, the 7.65mm (also known as .32ACP). Limited numbers of these 7.6 5 mm pistols were used by German Army during World war 1. Guns, manufactured since 1914 (both smaller 6.35mm and bigger 7.65mm) were slightly different from original design in appearance and minor details, such as design of the barrel retaining pin lock. Over the following two decades, Mauser produced several minor variations of these pistols, which differed in the markings, shape of slide serrations etc etc, but basic design remained basically unchanged. In the year of 1934, Mauser introduced a final version of this line, Model 1934. Its major change from model 1914 was the shape of the grip panels, with curved, rather than straight backstrap. Model 1934 was adopted by German armed forces as a substitute standard, and also was used by various police and security forces. Key military buyers for Mauser 1934 pistols were Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air force).
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Mauser 1910 type pistols are simple blowback operated weapons with stationary, but easily removable barrel. barrel is held to the frame by the long pin, which passes through two underbarrel lugs below the barrel (one at the front and one below the breech). For disassembly, slide of the pistol is locked back, and pin is unlocked and rotated sideways, then pulled out to the front, so the barrel can be pulled up from the frame. Slide of this pistol has a characteristic open-top appearance, with a separate ejection window on the right side. Trigger is of single action type, striker fired. pistol is fitted with manual safety, located in the cut of the left grip panel, just behind the trigger, and with automatic magazine disconnect safety. Slide hold-open device is installed in pistol, but once slide is caught open, it can be released only by insertion of a fresh magazine. Magazine release is located at the base of the pistol grip. Sights are fixed. Grip panels are usually made from wood, but also can be made of plastic on late production guns.