1940 Mauser Banner E/L

Johnny Peppers · 01-31-2002, 01:23 PM

I am looking at a 1940 date Mauser Banner E/L with a Simson contract barrel. The Simson barrel proof looks for the world like SU10, and in Costanzo's book he has several Banners in the same serial number range with Simson barrels, but they are SU40. On page 130 there is a SU40, but the 4 is shown as an open top 4, and even if the 10 is a broken die 40, the top of the 1 on this pistol would be a closed top 4. The top of the 1 has the long slash that is common to the German figure 1.

Has anyone else seen this proof?

01-31-2002, 01:23 PM	#1
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	1940 Mauser Banner E/L I am looking at a 1940 date Mauser Banner E/L with a Simson contract barrel. The Simson barrel proof looks for the world like SU10, and in Costanzo's book he has several Banners in the same serial number range with Simson barrels, but they are SU40. On page 130 there is a SU40, but the 4 is shown as an open top 4, and even if the 10 is a broken die 40, the top of the 1 on this pistol would be a closed top 4. The top of the 1 has the long slash that is common to the German figure 1. Has anyone else seen this proof?