Why so many NIB Mauser Parabellums?

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Basically, the sales were not that fantastic, as people preferred the original ones instead and they were available.

Both Interarms and Mauser got stuck with massive supplies of unsaleable new Mausers.

My 1972 Mauser spent about 36 years in the box before it was finally sold to a Dutch sport shooter in 1998. Long shelf life...