Difference Swiss - Original pistols

[mauro]

Hello Hermann,
First, the Mauser Parabellum made in the 1970-90 era are absolutely â??genuineâ?�. The Mauser Parabellum(s) are the last genuine Luger produced by the Mauser in Oberndorf before selling all the production tools and equipments to the Blaser firm on 1999.
Usually the difference is done between Mauser Parabellum produced before and after WWII. Personally, I consider that the post WWII production started with the Parabellum made by Mauser under French control up to 1947. In 1947, the Mauser firm was destroyed by French army.
These Parabellum(s) were made assembling pieces made before the end of WWII. They have a new numbering and stamping patterns and also the bluing is totally different with respect to the previous production. Therefore, in my understanding, is a completely different production.

Coming back to your question, the Mauser Parabellum(s) made in 1970-86 are placed in three sets:
The 29/70 models, very similar to the 29 Swiss model;
The 06/73 models, close to the 06 model;
The Commemorative models: these pistols commemorate the most important models and contracts (the first one is the Bulgarian Commemorative 1975, the last one the LP08 commemorative 1986).

Concerning the tooling, Mauser bought the production from the Berna arsenal but these tools were soon updated with more modern production tools.

The Mauser Parabellum(s) are very accurate pistols.

In my web site there are several pages dedicated to the Mauser Parabellum models, you can easily have a look at them.

Ciao
Mauro