Can you tell me what this is? Mauser Pistol...

[Big-Tex]

Alright, this was my great grandads, then my grandmaws, and now mine. Before it entered the family it was a German officers. I'm not sure how it got into the family... yet, I have to talk to my granmaw a little more about it. The holster with it has the offices name, rank, company on the inside flap. There are two magizines with it, it's a 32 auto, the grips had gemstones inlayed, but most have fallin out. I know it's in rough shape, I don't care about value and what not, it ain't been shot in 50 years so it's probably getting a shadow box soon.

Thanks y'all

 

[okie98]

I believe it is the Mauser Model 1910. It should be a .32 acp. My Dad brought one of those and a P-38 home after WWII.

 

[Big-Tex]

Thanks for getting me in the ballpark, apparently the 1910 was a .25 and the 1914 is the .32. So I rekon I have a 1914 Mauser. That was easy enough.

 

[AKguy1985]

mauser 1914

 

[ldp4570]

As others have stated, its a Mauser 1914, hard to tell from pic's if it has German Imperial markings, so its probably a private purchase by the officer. I've had both the smaller 1910 in .25acp, and the 1914 in .32acp. As long as the recoil spring feel's fairly tight it wouldn't be an issue with firing it every so often.

 

[Big-Tex]

No German Imperial markings on it. I've searched it over. I think I'll give it a good cleaning and I might just shoot it. It's a neat little gun