Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers

17-08-2021

Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers

German Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers
Mauser 7.65 Pistol Serial Numbers
Mauser Pocket Pistol Serial Numbers
German Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers

MAUSER MANUFACTURED LUGERS 1930-1942 DWM

First Variation serial numbers 701,348-715,680 (3,000 produced) complete 'rig' with 1941 holster - 702302 First Variation - sub variation large e/655 - 702805 Second Variation serial numbers 713,182-740,884 (5,000 produced) - 740043 Third Variation serial numbers 745,338-781,415 (4,000 produced) 'rig' - 771274.
Production began in late 1940 at serial number 700,000, as an extension of the serial number range of the Mauser Model 1934 pistol, a much more difficult pistol to manufacture. The early pistols have well-made wooden grips, and are highly polished and richly blued.
Unusual feature, although this was a commercial pistol, front toggle link is stamped S/42, which was military code for Mauser. Only a few hundred manufactured, so perhaps toggles were left over from previous military production runs. Serial number range is four-digits, with letter 'v'.

First Variation serial numbers 701,348-715,680 (3,000 produced) complete 'rig' with 1941 holster - 702302 First Variation - sub variation large e/655 - 702805 Second Variation serial numbers 713,182-740,884 (5,000 produced) - 740043 Third Variation serial numbers 745,338-781,415 (4,000 produced) 'rig' - 771274. Mauser Pocket Pistol Serial Numbers By bleninesun1978 Follow Some time around serial number 162,500 the right side of the slide is stamped “Mauser 7.65”.

Mauser Oberndorf

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Has a stock lug, blank chamber area and marked extractor and safety. Early example of Mauser Luger. Front toggle link is still marked DWM. Leftover parts were intermixed with new Mauser parts in production of this pistol. One of the first Lugers to be finished with 'Salt' blue process. Approximately 500 manufactured with one- to four-digit serial numbers, with letter 'v' suffix. A rare variation.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

1934/06 Swiss Commercial Mauser

4.75' barrel, 7.65mm caliber. No stock lug, but has a grip safety. Swiss Cross in Sunburst stamped above chamber. Extractor and safety marked in German. Front toggle link marked with Mauser banner. Approximately 200 manufactured for commercial sale in Switzerland. Variation is very well finished. Serial numbers are all four-digits with a 'v' suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

1935/06 Portuguese 'GNR'

4.75 barrel, 7.65mm caliber. No stock lug, but has a grip safety. Chamber marked 'GNR', representing Republic National Guard. Extractor marked 'Carregada'; safety 'Seguranca'. Mauser banner stamped on front toggle link. Exactly 564 manufactured according to original contract records that Portuguese government made public. All have four-digit serial numbers with a 'v' suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

1934 Mauser Commercial

4' barrel, 7.65mm or 9mm caliber. Has a stock lug and chamber area is blank. Extractor and safety are marked. Mauser banner stamped on front toggle link. Finish on this pistol was very good. Grips are checkered walnut or black plastic on later models. Few thousand manufactured for commercial sales in and outside of Germany.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

S/42 K Date

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Has a stock lug. Extractor and safety are marked. First Luger that utilized codes to represent maker and date of manufacture. Front toggle link marked S/42 in Gothic or script; this was code for Mauser. Chamber area stamped with letter 'K' code for 1934 year of manufacture. Approximately 10,500 manufactured, with one- to five-digit serial numbers—some with letter suffixes.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

S/42 G Date

Courtesy Orvel Reichert

As above, with chamber stamped 'G' code for year 1935. Gothic lettering was eliminated. Many thousands of this model produced.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

Dated Chamber S/42

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Chamber area dated 1936-1940. There is a stock lug. Extractor and safety marked. In 1937, rust blue process was eliminated entirely and all subsequent pistols were salt blued. Many thousands manufactured with one- to five-digit serial numbers—some with letter suffix. NOTE: Rarest variation is early 1937, with rust blued and strawed parts, add 20 percent.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

S/42 Commercial Contract

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Has a stock lug, chamber area is dated and marked extractor and safety. Unusual feature, although this was a commercial pistol, front toggle link is stamped S/42, which was military code for Mauser. Only a few hundred manufactured, so perhaps toggles were left over from previous military production runs. Serial number range is four-digits, with letter 'v'.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

Code 42 Dated Chamber

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. New German code for Mauser, number 42, stamped on front toggle link. There is a stock lug. Chamber area dated 1939 or 1940. At least 50,000 manufactured, with one- to five-digit serial numbers; some have letter suffixes.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

41/42 Code

As above, except date of manufacture is represented by final two digits (e.g. 41 for 1941). Approximately 20,000 manufactured, with one- to five-digit serial number range.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

byf Code

As above, with 'byf' code stamped on toggle link. Year of manufacture, either 41 or 42, stamped on chamber. Model also made with black plastic and walnut grips. Many thousands produced, with one- to five-digit serial numbers—some with a letter suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

Persian Contract 4

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Has a stock lug and Persian crest stamped over chamber. All identifying markings on this variation—including extractor, safety and toggle—are marked in Farsi, Persian alphabet. There were 1,000 manufactured. Serial numbers are also in Farsi.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

Persian Contract Artillery

As above, with 8' barrel and nine-position adjustable sight on barrel. Model supplied with flat board stock. There were 1,000 manufactured and sold to Persia.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

1934/06 Dated Commercial

4.75' barrel, 7.65mm caliber. Has a grip safety, but no stock lug. Year of manufacture, from 1937-1942, stamped above chamber. Mauser banner stamped on front link. Extractor marked, but safety is not. Approximately 1,000 manufactured, with one- to three-digit serial numbers—some with letter suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

1934 Mauser Dutch Contract

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Year of manufacture, 1936-1940, stamped above chamber. Extractor marked 'Geladen' and safety is marked 'RUST', with a downward pointing arrow. Mauser banner stamped on front toggle link. This was a military contract sale. Approximately 1,000 were manufactured, with four-digit serial numbers and letter 'v' suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

1934 Mauser Swedish Contract

4.75' barrel, 9mm or 7.65mm caliber. Chamber dated 1938 or 1939. Extractor and safety are both marked in German. There is a stock lug. Front toggle link stamped with Mauser banner. Only 275 dated 1938; 25 dated 1939 in 9mm; 30 dated 1939 in 7.65mm. Serial number range is four-digits with letter 'v' suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

1934 Mauser Swedish Commercial

4' barrel, 7.65mm caliber. 1940 stamped over chamber; 'Kal. 7.65' stamped on left side of barrel. Extractor and safety are both marked and Mauser banner stamped on front toggle link. There is a stock lug. Model is rare. Only a few hundred manufactured, with four-digit serial numbers with letter 'w' suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

1934 Mauser German Contract

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Chamber dated 1939-1942. Front toggle link stamped with Mauser banner. There is a stock lug. Extractor and safety are both marked. Grips are walnut or black plastic. Several thousand manufactured, with one- to five-digit serial numbers—some with letter suffixes. Purchased for issue to police or paramilitary units.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

Austrian Bundes Heer (Federal Army)

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Chamber is blank and there is a stock lug. Extractor and safety marked in German. Austrian Federal Army Proof stamped on left side of frame above trigger guard. Approximately 200 manufactured, with four-digit serial numbers and no letter suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

Mauser 2 Digit Date

4' barrel, 9mm caliber. Last two digits of year of manufacture—41 or 42—stamped over chamber. There is a stock lug and Mauser banner on front toggle link. Extractor and safety both marked. Proofmarks were commercial. Grips are walnut or black plastic. Approximately 2,000 manufactured for sale to Nazi political groups. They have one- to five-digit serial numbers; some have letter suffix.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

Ku Luger (Prefix or suffix)

Courtesy Gale Morgan

4' barrel, 9mm Luger. Probably manufactured by Mauser for German Luftwaffe in early 1940s. Serial number (on left side receiver area) has 'Ku' prefix or suffix. Total production estimated at 5000 pieces.

NIB	Exc	V.G.	Good	Fair	Poor
^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000	^$0000

MAUSER

In December of 1942 Mauser stopped production of the Luger pistol and started producing P.38's. This variation of pistols will have many parts marked e/135.

BYF 42 This gun was most likey produced in December of 1942 - 27

In January of 1943 many byf 42 slides and small e/135 stamped parts were used to complete accepted guns. The e/135 parts are harder to find for later manufactured pistols in 1943 with byf 42 slides. The general serial range with byf 42 slides is 1-4783a

BYF 42 - 795

Mauser continued to produce P.38's and did not adapt to starting serial numbers over again when the year changed. The first variation of these guns with byf 43 slides will be the same as guns with byf 42 slides but no e/135 parts. The serial number range is 4958a-2119f with 50,000 produced.

BYF 43 with GI capture papers and original holster - 7817a

BYF 43 with original holster - 7203d

BYF 43 with matched numbered mag done post war! no Mauser P.38's have numbered mags! - 8952f

In the June time frame of 1943 changes were made in the P.38 design and a 'hump' was added to reinforce the slide release and a single cut was put on the slide for the extractor. There is much overlap for this variation with left over parts used randomly until all the old parts were used up. Serial range is 5197f-1124q. 88,000 guns were made.

BYF 43 - late frame and early extractor cut - 173g

BYF 43 with original soft shell holster late frame and late extractor cut - 1523n

BYF 43 with original hard shell holster late frame and late extractor cut - 4682n

BYF 44 Two 1st variation serial number range 8563p-8190q. Limited production.

BYF 44 2nd variation serial number range 9964q-5280b. 120,000 produced

BYF 43 Serial number range 1172q-6469q. 5,000 produced with mixed WaA with holster and spare mag.

BYF 44 Serial number range 1172q-6469q. 5,000 produced with mixed WaA

BYF 44 with mixed stamps - 5456q

BYF 44 missing expection stamp on the frame, most likely a factory mistake - 2987s

BYF 44 'rig' in mint condition - 5441y

German Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers

At the end of October 1944 Mauser started over with the no letter block series when the 'z' block was completed. Earlier guns will have a byf42 or byf 43 slide code.

BYF 44 with one acceptance stamp on slide - 3133c

BYF 44 3rd variation dual tone finish, several guns pictured. 30,000 produced

BYF 44 dual tone in mint condition - 9092d

Three BYF 44's with Browning FN slides

Mauser 7.65 Pistol Serial Numbers

SVW45 German production slides begin in the early 'e' block and ends at 3000f with left over slides being used up in production.

BYF 44 'e' block gun with blue phosphated slide - 2616e

Blank FN Slide - Very rare pistol with no P.38 or manufacturer code on the slide - 3806e

SVW 45 dual tone serial - 632f

SVW 45 All Grey vet bringback from an estate - 2050f

SVW 45 All Grey with forced matched numbers no e/s or final acceptance most likely assembled quickly near the end of the war - 2511f

SVW 45 All Blue with vet bringback story written by the vet who was a pilot in WWII - 2567f

BYF 44 All Grey in SVW 45 serial number range 2663f

SVW 45 POST WAR FRENCH PRODUCTION FROM LEFT OVER PARTS and NEW PRODUCTION METAL GRIPS serial range 1g-3488k. 30,000 produced.

Mauser Pocket Pistol Serial Numbers

SVW 45 with left over Otto Single WWII grips formaly known as Polymid 6 material in the orignal box and paperwork - 2196g

SVW 45 with matched numbered mag - 7463i

SVW 45 with 7 small parts numbered to the gun, very rare - 8302i

SVW 46 POST WAR FRENCH PRODUCTION with NEW SLIDE CODE for 1946 PRODUCTION serial range 1073k-9911k. 8,000 produced

SVW 46 Two consecutive serial numbered guns, one import marked and the other not import marked - 5367k and 5368k

German Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers

SVW 46 POST WAR FRENCH LAST PRODUCTION ASSEMBLED IN FRANCE WITH NO FRENCH STAR serial range 1L-500L 500 produced

SVW 46 with Otto Single WWII grips formally classified as Polymid 6 material and Post War French Holster - 38L

SVW 46 with 7 small parts numbered to the gun, very rare - 277L

SVW 46 Last two guns ever assembled by the French 499L and 500L

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