Some Nice Navy Mausers

[RockinWR]

Ron/Mark,
* FWIW:
* Roy G. Pender III, Mauser Pocket Pistols 1910-1946, Pg. 143 states: At about S/N 500,000, a slot was milled in the slide to accept and better protect the S/N."
* Mr. Pender's book was copywrited in 1971; so, it is getting pretty "long in the tooth". A lot more research has been done, many more examples have been surfaced, & a lot has been discovered since that time. However, it still is a primary work due respect overall & about the only one devoted to Mauser pocket pistols exclusively.
* We do know the 1914/34 pistols represent a transition block which saw a number of changes made to the pistol and the manufacturing process.
* Roy goes on to say the "Scandanavian Police" pistols occupy a generous & non exclusive S/N range reported at that time as 475498 - 525081. Even within this specific variation which spans the 500k S/N, Scandanavian examples will be found with and w/out the milled slot for the S/N.
* Apparently, the Scandanavian Police pistols were imported into the U.S in a large block in 1967. The Importers obtained them from the firm W. Glaser of Zurich, Switzerland who would only comment that the pistols were bought from a "Scandanavian Police Dept. The variation had not been encountered in this country before that date per Mr. Pender.
* Hope this helps.
Respectfully,
Bob