Averagely, commercial guns bought by private owners were better preserved than military issued ones. But there are exceptions,,,, still depends on falling into whose hands. The following military DWM is in exceptional shape, the other commercial Mauser,,,,, using a commercial gun to this shape is not an easy task. It went through quite amount of hardships in the past. The annoying part is not losing extra 10% or 20% or 30% of blue, it's the rust, pits, replaced parts, poor repair, etc, common on lower grade guns. From that angle, this Mauser still has original parts in the description, that's good news, except the retailer's address was partially erased by someone.
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