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Very nice advertising photo. Mine is a very earlySwiss style in 6" .30. My main dislike about it is that the grips have flat sides instead of getting thinner along the edges. It really changes the feel. And the magazine bottom looks like the one pictured on the bottom pistol instead of the concentric rings.

However, it functions perfectly with the ammo that I buy and is very accurate. It also makes a nice set with a 1906 and a stainless, both in 4 3/4" .30cal.

Steve

Hello Rick,
Very nice advertising.
Please have a look at my web site and click on the link related to the Mauser Parabellum:
http://lugerlp08.free.fr/
You can find several advertising as well as pictures that may interest you.


I wish you and your family a happy and peaceful 2005.

Ciao

I would like to point out that the Magazine bottom piece of the 29/70 model is uncommon. Right now I have seen bottom piece made in wood (for most of the commemorative models) and in plastic, all without the concentric rings. Note also that the Navy Commemorative has a common bottom piece made in plastic!
Is this kind of magazine common in the model exported in USA?
Ciao
:confused:

Could it be that someone just stuck a mec-gar into the pictured pistol?

The other magazines were made by a Dutch firm, first completely, later only the magazine body. Mauser outsourced the assembly of the Dutch-made bodies into full magazines during the late 80s.

The Dutch magazines can be found with either the 'mauser' logo on the spine, a 'made in holland' text or a combination of both.

Mauro, I do have a few of these Mec=Gar concentric circle plastic bottomed mags that are marked Interarms on the spine. You may see some marked Mauser in Europe, as M-G became the later source for Parabellum replacement mags, when Mauser ended Parabellum production. TH

Thank you all for the interesting information.
Gerben I am very interested about the firm that made the magazine for the Mauser Parabellum. Right now I have meet only magazines with the Mauser banner. Are these Dutch magazines sold as spare magazines or they were sold as main magazine in the original Mauser Parabellum package.
Ciao
Mauro

Hi Mauro,

The Dutch company 'MFT' (Metaalwarenfabriek Tilburg), originally 'Hollandia' made these magazines for Mausers from the early 70s until Mauser production was halted. Originally they made the full magazines, later they only supplied the tubes to Mauser. MFT also produced the HSc magazines for Mauser.

In order to try and gain a small profit (they didn't make much on the Mauser mags) they produced a batch for Interams in the USA. These were labeled 'Made in Holland' and 'Mauser'. Mauser objected to using their name and the second batch for Interarms was simply labeled 'Made in Holland'.

They were also supplied with the original Mauser Parabellum. These were simply marked 'Mauser', nothing else.

Interestingly, the follower button was never produced in the Netherlands. These appear to have been made in Switzerland....

Nico van Gijn, a Dutch collector contacted MFT in the past and succeeded in obtaining a number of magazines, the dimensional example Mauser supplied to MFT (a Haenel ;) ) and a number of incomplete, unfinished tubes.

Some of the "Made in Holland" magazines were furnished as OEM with the Parabellums. I suspect this would have been with the early production.

Thank you Noel and Gerben for the interesting information.
Some years ago, when Mauser was still involved in the Parabellum business, I bought few Mauser magazines with the wood bottom directly from the firm. Now I have understood why the price was so high!!
Thank you again.
Ciao
Mauro