Has Mauser also restored some Alphabet DWM post WWII?
 

Saw this Luger on GB. Interesting part -- It comes with a new Mauser manual.

Has Mauser also restored some DWM Lugers in post WWII years?

Here is the link:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=289593394

I saw stacks of refurbished Mauser Lugers in brown cardboard boxes at Waffen Frankonia in Munich in the early 1980s. But I don't think this is one of those refurbs and I doubt that the Mauser manual belongs with the gun. The gun looks like a near perfect original 1920 Alphabet Commercial judging from the halos on the stampings.

i did not look at the link, but the first 1970's Mauser lugers were refurbs, see Vlim and Mauros book....

The condition of the pistol looks great to me. In my opinion most of the time sellers do not post enough pics and description, but this Auction with it's writeup and pics are redundant.

no, not a Mauser refurb

I think its original, and if so, in great shape, but still the price is about 2.5 times more than you can usually get....

The seller is obviously a newbie to lugers, he thinks its an early luger because of the serial number, when it fact it is a 1920's germany export luger

The booklet shown is a current $30 reproduction of a 1930s Mauser manual.

Mauser did sell refurbished pistols in 1997 and 1998, and some limited edition refurbished Gew.98 and K.98 rifles as well. But they were all Mauser products, they didn't refurbish pistols from other suppliers (at least, not openly). But this auction doesn't show Mauser refurbished guns.

The refurbished Mausers came with post-war Mauser Parabellum manuals.

That reproduction manual is available at Simpson's.

http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...3944e7986ab529

Vlim,

Did Mauser use the same type blue on the Mauser re-dos as they did on the 70's models? What types of magazines did they sell them with?

I still need to get your book..

Steve

They used the same type of hot salt blue (Brunox) for the reworks, as well as for the PW production pistols (Parabellum and HSc).

Magazines are usually force matched East-German Haenels.