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American Eagle Edition Mauser HSC Serial 714 of 5000

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Warbird:
You are welcome!  One last thing that I recall to support my conjecture in #4.  Mauser began advertising the American Eagle Edition in 1976 from one of their brochures.

canuslupus:
Again thank you for your time and attention. I will follow your advice and keep this pistol in my gun safe as a collection item to remember my neighbor if nothing else.

canuslupus:
Just to close this thread, I am posting the original sales receipt which is not made out as a pre-order but rather a sale. Add that most of the time companies advertise things they have to sell or tell you you need to pre-order ( See Interarms 1976 catalog). I am led to believe that the Mauser production records most blogs use may be slightly in error given that they were compiled pre-digital storage era and the changes of ownership for Mauser firearms that happened over time.

vlim:
I think the mix up is the result of the way the fiscal years are managed. In Germany the fiscal year starts in the last quarter of the previous year.

canuslupus:
That is an interesting piece of information. Still think production data being used in Mauser blogs is not completely accurate. Several blogs report that all Mauser American Eagle Edition pistols were made in 1977. That is probably true for most of them but for the fact that the pistol in question was purchased and delivered to the buyer in the 3rd quarter of calendar year 1976 ( the last quarter of German fiscal year 1976) and had to have been made and shipped before the purchase. Also without knowing the exact production and print date for the Interarms 1976 catalog have to assume that the cover picture of the Mauser HSc American Eagle Edition pistol was taken some time in 1976 which means some of the guns were made in 1976.


A complete production record should show Pistol 714 and Pistol 715 as being made in Fiscal  and calendar year 1976. This is not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things but is useful to point out that history does not always leave behind perfectly accurate information especially when it passes thru many hands. 

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