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Mauser 7.65 pocket pistol

cornbean
I have noticed that some 7.65 pistols have the year 1920 stamped on the side. Was that normal? I don't think I have seen any other years on these guns. Thanks
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  • rufe-snow
    That was a "inventory" type marking that was placed on the various arms used by the post World War One German Army, that was known as the Reichwehr. You will also find Mauser Rifles and Lugers with this same 1920 marking.
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  • cornbean
    So I guess that means they were not made in 1920.
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  • rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by cornbean
    So I guess that means they were not made in 1920.


    Unlikely. Most as far as I know were actually made during W W I.

    The Treaty of Versailles established the Reichwehr at a maximum of 100,000 men. The guns with the 1920 marking were for this army. There were so many guns left over from the million man+ World War One German Army. Doubtful that Mauser had to make any new Model 1914's
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  • p3skyking
    Rufe,
    Mauserwerk was back in the gunmaking business PDQ. You see alot of postwar commercial 1910's and 1014's. Many were sent to the states and are stamped MADE IN GERMANY.

    A few 1910's came over before the war, but since WWI started in 1914 and very few commerical models of the 1914 were made during the war, much less exported, all MADE IN GERMANY guns are post 1920.

    In the early 30's, Mauser changed the grip configuration and renamed them 1910/34 and 1914/34, but most people just called them both the Model 1934.

    The 1910 production stopped soon after and the Mauser WTP was produced, but the 1914 wasn't stopped until 1939/40 when the HSc production began. I have a 1914/34 with Eagle N proofs and Waffenamts and that Eagle N proofing didn't begin until 1940, the very end of 1914/34 production.
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