Rare Mauser 714

[alvin]

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

instead of polluting our market, the Chinese should keep all these fakes for themselves.

Each type of gun has its buyer. Both Navy Arms TU-711 and Federal Ordnance 714 are parts guns. They are not C&R, but they are cheap. So those guns have those guns' market.

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Erickson estimated only 10 of these were made. I am not sure though. One member of gunboards.com (the main board) posted a picture of his example in 2011:

Here is the link: http://forums.gunboards.com/showthre...dle-Mauser-711

Above gunboard example in the link, s/n 84658, which is only 3 away from mine, was sold later in a RIAC session.

All three examples that I have seen (84655, 84658, 84672) share a common feature -- all of them are like new. Why?? Is that a valid question, statistically?

84655 came to me without a magazine. Probably that would give a hint on these guns' condition -- I guess Stoeger sold these expensive pistols finally, but no magazine came with the gun.. Please note 84658's magazine bottom does not have Mauser stamp, it's not a Mauser made magazine. It's must be an add-on by the owner.

84672 (Robert H collection) has a 20-shot magazine. But this type of magazine is not numbered, how to tell...