Mauser 1934 pistol range report

[Jal5]

Got to shoot a piece of history today! This pistol needed a good cleaning up, new spring and firing pin barrel plus some fitting to get the pin to work right.

Tonite shot it and put 4 mags through it, and it worked flawlessly. One mag got a round jammed, but upon ejection the rest functioned ok.
Once I got used to the sights I shot a 6 shot group at 7yds. 3.5" and 5 of those were within 2.5". 4 of the 6 were within the 2x2 center square. All in all a really fun evening!

Joe

[Mikey]

Jal5:  neat report, thanks.  That is a nice 1934 you have pictured there.  I have a friend with a 1910 model, I believe and neither of us know how to disassemble it for proper cleaning.  Would you be able, and willing, to post the disassembly instructions.  Thanks much. 

[Jal5]

Thanks Mikey, it was a fun project to clean it up and get it working again, I love the challenge! Shoots pretty well too.
Here is a link I found that not only has dissassembly instructions but pictures too. Pretty easy to strip. Don't dry fire it without snapcap though, that little barrel firing pin tends to break easily. Don't know why its made of such soft metal when the rest of the gun is pretty strong.
http://www.gunsworld.com/assembly/mauser1910_ass_us.htm

This page has a pretty good picture of all the parts too and a writeup in English and German about the gun
http://www.vestpockets.bauli.at/

This page has probably the best writeup about them I found anywhere.
http://www.mauserguns.com/Mauser1910.pdf

Finally there is a forum dedicated to them here.
http://www.mauserguns.com/forum/

I found out more about these guns than I ever imagined existed! Part of the challenge.

My next challenge is a P38 that unfortunately has a good deal of rust Any suggestions are welcome.
These were my uncle's guns from WWII and were not stored properly, the P38 has the greatest damage and I am not sure I can get it in working condition again. Maybe will settle for refinishing it and displaying it in my home office.

Joe

[Type99]

Hello...

The most desirable of the 1934 Mausers, of course, are the Kriegsmarine issued pistols.  They typically have the large "M" over a swastika marking, with fleet markings on the frontstrap, and on the floor of the magazine.  These fetch a premium in the marketplace.  Is your pistol a standard commercial model, or does it have WAa markings or even Kriegsmarine markings? 

Nothing wrong with shooting these pistols, just take it easy.

Cheers>gary

[Jal5]

What's the WAa mark ? I will check the pistol tonite when I get home.

[Type99]

Hello...

The Waffenamt or WAa marking was a little eagle over a number, on these Mausers, usually found on the web between the trigger guard and the frontstrap, in the corner.  Most common marking on these, when a WAa denotes that the pistol was entered into German military service.  If it is an Army pistol, it would have a 135 WAa mark on the left hand side.  The WAa marking denotes Army usage.  Without a WAa mark, the gun was commercial, probably pressed into service anyway, a private purchase by an officer or such.

Cheers,
Gary