Frank Manders Question...

[Pete Ebbink]

Hi Bill,

I am not near my luger books, but the Swiss luger books and I think even Jan Still's TRL places this very small Swiss-Mauser contract in the mid 3650 v to 3800 v serial range...probably not consecutive...there are even a few 3-digit v guns reported and photographed.

This Swiss contract guns can appear with DWM-marked toggles but mostly appear with the Mauser Banner on the toggle, can have blank chambers or swiss cross/sunbrst, can have "7,65 Kal" on the barrel or not, can be short or long framed M1906 styled guns...lots of variations which lead me to WAG that Mauser just pulled stuff out of inventory to fill orders for what some speculate were for a key Swiss sporting goods outfit...

Hi Doc,

Thanks for your feedback...I will bring this piece for show & tell at Reno...I keep trying to convince myself it is a refinished piece...but when I look more closely...I just do not know...figure you guys at Reno could look and let me know...I picked it up at a refinish price...

It has a high-polish finish that I heard Mauser did for commercial pieces, has oxidation and patina under the finish, and has lots of rust along internal surfaces and years of crude and oil/grease buid-ups...that normally get washed off in the refinish process...so I just do not know...

Regards,

Pete...