Mauser Parabellum early production and User Manual

[mauro]

Hello friends,
I was looking at one of mine early production Mauser Parabellum user manual (available up to the 1975) and my attention was kept by a particular that I have not noticed so far.
The 29/70 depicted on the cover page and analyzed inside the booklet is not a â??normalâ?� production. In fact it is a prototype.
I would like to point out some interesting reflections concerning the first Mauser Parabellum production (I do not analyze here the engineering pistol used internally by Mauser and in general either not numbered or numbered with special pattern numbering).

We already discuss in at least another topic that the first 50 Mauser Parabellum produced in .30luger (prototypes numbered 10.00.1001 â?? 10.00.1050) have some particular features, different with respect to the â??normalâ?� production (1051 â?¦)
I have just purchased one of them; the number 19 (thank you Noel ).
I am very proud to have the 19th Mauser Parabellum produced and I really would like to find some other collectors with early production examples.
More in details the most important differences are:[list=a][*]- The frame of these early productions is NOT rounded on the front. This machining operation was not performed in the first 50 prototype.[*]- The serial number follows the preproduction pattern, for example in mine prototype is 10.00.1019 instead of 10.001xxx.[*]- The number on prototype uses larger characters than the normal production.[*]- The caliber on the chamber is being filled in with white while the normal production is plain.[*]- The normal production has the complete serial number on the left side of the receiver about even with the front toggle link. The 50 prototypes have no serial number in this location. Both have the complete serial number on the left side of the frame above the trigger.[*]- The shoulder on the receiver is not milled off on the prototype production. Milling the shoulders off is said to start with 51 and marks the first production change.[/list=a]

The early manual could be found in English or German. They have 22 pages.
Starting from 1973, with the production of the 06/73 models another User Manual was produced. In the cover page is now depicted a 06/73 model. This booklet was used up to the end of the production. It is written in German, English and French as well. It has 39 pages.
Let me know if you have some additional information about the Mauser Parabellum early production and the manual as well.
Ciao
Mauro

Hereafter my prototype number 19:







The complete set of User manual. The first two, in German and English, depict the first production (prototype) the last one was sold with the last production and it is written in German, English and French.