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Vlim · 02-15-2009, 12:55 PM

Hi,

Your gun is a model 29/70, it was made around october, 1971. It's the first version that Mauser produced for the Interarms contract and it still shows it's Swiss heritage, a fact that did not please Interarms and that invoked changes to the design that resulted in the production of the follow-up model, the 06/73.

You are correct in your assumption that your pistol was created for the American market. The 'Interarms logo and marking', the 'safe' marking and the American Eagle symbol together with Mauser's in-house FBM proof all demonstrate this.

European versions lacked the AE, FBM-proof and Interarms text and had a 'gesichert' marking, although some guns destined for the European market were reworked into AE/Interarms versions and vice versa.

02-15-2009, 12:55 PM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,045 Thanks: 1,034 Thanked 3,934 Times in 1,196 Posts	Hi, Your gun is a model 29/70, it was made around october, 1971. It's the first version that Mauser produced for the Interarms contract and it still shows it's Swiss heritage, a fact that did not please Interarms and that invoked changes to the design that resulted in the production of the follow-up model, the 06/73. You are correct in your assumption that your pistol was created for the American market. The 'Interarms logo and marking', the 'safe' marking and the American Eagle symbol together with Mauser's in-house FBM proof all demonstrate this. European versions lacked the AE, FBM-proof and Interarms text and had a 'gesichert' marking, although some guns destined for the European market were reworked into AE/Interarms versions and vice versa.