C96 question - safety lever

alvin · 10-10-2008, 06:32 PM

Thanks for the picture. Is it a relined gun?

In 'standard' Mauser theory (as defined by great works like System Mauser, 1896-1936 etc), only three Mausers could have s/n 84707

(1) A Prewar small ring. It's not.
(2) A Schnellfeuer. It's not.
(3) A Wartime 9m/m. It's supposed to be a reworked gun modified to 7,63m/m caliber and the grip panels are replacement. Since the sight ramp looks OK, I assume the caliber was modified by the factory (recently modified guns seldomly do that right).

Although this gun has lost almost all gun blue, it's interesting to notice the residue gun blue in the Eagle stamp. On my gun, which has some gun blue (the one that I posted in the 'Shooting and Reloading' column), there is definitely no 'halo' around that Eagle. Looks like the stamp had been applied in the factory before it was blued.

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10-10-2008, 06:32 PM	#9
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Thanks for the picture. Is it a relined gun? In 'standard' Mauser theory (as defined by great works like System Mauser, 1896-1936 etc), only three Mausers could have s/n 84707 (1) A Prewar small ring. It's not. (2) A Schnellfeuer. It's not. (3) A Wartime 9m/m. It's supposed to be a reworked gun modified to 7,63m/m caliber and the grip panels are replacement. Since the sight ramp looks OK, I assume the caliber was modified by the factory (recently modified guns seldomly do that right). Although this gun has lost almost all gun blue, it's interesting to notice the residue gun blue in the Eagle stamp. On my gun, which has some gun blue (the one that I posted in the 'Shooting and Reloading' column), there is definitely no 'halo' around that Eagle. Looks like the stamp had been applied in the factory before it was blued.