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Model 1914 Pistol / Best ammo for Mauser 1914
« on: January 08, 2015, 03:03:07 PM »
I inherited my dad's Mauser 1914 which he "acquired" in WW II - a great story as he used to tell it when he was alive! The gun is in excellent shape. I haven't fired it for 20 years. (As I recall, it fired fairly well back then...) The serial number is 48671 and all the "numbers match" on the gun.
Several questions please, as a newbie to the forum:
a) What would be the approximate year (or year range) that this gun was manufactured?
b) Any advice on what kind of ammo to shoot through the gun? I've seen some folks recommend (doing general Google web searches) Full Metal Jacket ACP32 "round nose", others seems to state the gun should shoot most anything that is ACP32. I want to see if the gun still fires well. I wouldn't expect to be putting a ton of rounds through the gun given it is probably approaching 80-100 years old...
c) Is this gun "rare" enough where I should just retire it in a show case on the wall due to its historical significance? Or are there tons of parts out there should the gun shoot well and I decide to keep shooting it occasionally.
Thanks for the advice!
Several questions please, as a newbie to the forum:
a) What would be the approximate year (or year range) that this gun was manufactured?
b) Any advice on what kind of ammo to shoot through the gun? I've seen some folks recommend (doing general Google web searches) Full Metal Jacket ACP32 "round nose", others seems to state the gun should shoot most anything that is ACP32. I want to see if the gun still fires well. I wouldn't expect to be putting a ton of rounds through the gun given it is probably approaching 80-100 years old...
c) Is this gun "rare" enough where I should just retire it in a show case on the wall due to its historical significance? Or are there tons of parts out there should the gun shoot well and I decide to keep shooting it occasionally.
Thanks for the advice!