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Originally Posted by Rossp
Great info thanks guys! Is there any way to determine what the eagle markings on the side are, along with the little serial number below the symbols?
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The rightmost Eagle standing on the Swastika was Proof stamp. Two other Eagles standing on 135 -- Luger collectors call it SE/135, those are inspector stamps. Through decades of observation, collectors found the different tiny numbers on Mauser are related with subvariations, not random. SE/135 SE/135 became common by the end of the no suffix production of early 1942. So your gun match the patterns appear on many other byf 42.
I have a copy of "The Mauser Parabellum 1930-1946", so I just looked up. It's a great book for Mauser fans.