We would finally make our way upstairs & while waiting in line to pay the range fees, I meandered over to the consignment case & what did I find there, but the Mauser 1934, (pictured below) that followed me home that day. a few minutes later & I suppose in somewhat typical 7.65 European fashion, he emerges with a very clean Kriegsmarine Mauser 1934, complete with holster & spare mag.įast-forward to a rather emotional couple of hours of range time where, already acquainted with M1s & 1911-A1s, I became fascinated with the fit, finish & performance of the Kreigsmarine Mauser. “It is a model that may not be safe.” “Let me find you a good pistol”. His interpreter asked to see it & said, “No, you do not want this one”. One day, said father was rummaging through a pile of sidearms, looking for a bring-back and eventually settled on a P-38. African weapons turn-in depot & had a ‘friendly’ panzergrenadier for an interpreter. Following hostilities, he was assigned to a N. : Ortgies 7.65 / 9mm Pistol - Mosin Nagant Parts & Accessories SKS Rifle Parts & Accessories Ammunition Stripper and Loading Clips Booklets and Manuals TAPCO Parts & Accessories Surplus Firearms Virtual Museum Scopes Mounts & Optics DOLLAR BIN Ordnance, Grenades & Rockets Pistol Parts & Accessories Rifle Parts & Accessories Misc. a pistol that forced me online for historical & disassembly purposes.Īs I was gutting the Mauser, the friend told me the story of how his father came into possession of it. M1 Carbine a Remington Rand AND a Colt 1911 A-1, both in Boyt tanker rigs, & finally, an odd-looking Mauser pocket pistol.
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The Mauser 34: A few years back, a friend, came into possession of his late-father’s (1st Lt., Ninth Infantry Division) WW2 service weapons & asked if I might show him how to clean, operate & of course, fire them - them being an I.B.M. I reload for & shoot both pistols, always expecting the CZ to blow apart in my gloved hand. I’m guessing that CZ drew inspiration for it’s safety from Mauser’s Model 1910, as both the 27 & 34 share similar safeties. a striker-fired 1940 Mauser Model 1934 & a 1944 fnh CZ Model 27 with scrubbed grips & the (seemingly) obligatory chip the safety. Way down below, are a couple of my wartime Whermacht-proofed 7.65s.