Mauser es340b
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GEM
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Available references aren't very precise about when serial numbers were produced. Per Mauser Smallbores by Speed, The ES340B was produced until 1939. Not clear in the text but it looks like a table notation indicates production started in 1934. The serial number reference list shows that yours is near the end of the series. I would guess that yours was built in 1939 or possibly late 1938.
Maybe someone else can come up with a more accurate estimate.
See one of my previous comments on an ES340B: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/mauser-es340b-information-needed.51438/
Maybe someone else can come up with a more accurate estimate.
See one of my previous comments on an ES340B: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/mauser-es340b-information-needed.51438/
Concerning Schoolbd's rifle, it has been produced between 1936 and beginning 1940, 1936 because of the« oval » loading-ejecting port and beginning 1940 because of it's BUG proof mark.
The earliest ES340B s/n are around140000 the latest just below 2xxxxx (the 2xxxxx was more than probably a special range for Mm410B). This s/n 140000 to 199999 range also includes ES350B.
The highest s/n that I've seen in the199xxx range is a ES350B s/n 199896 for sale in France (Why didn't I bought it ? Knowledge missing when it was for sale).
I've never faced any ES340B or ES350B with a 2xxxxx s/n. (2xxxxx was dedicated to MM410B as far as I know. A few ES350B were made with 30xxx s/n, all eagle proofed, around 800ex as far as I know.
Dating a Mauser's 22lr production is impossible (for me, waiting for the clue...!) as I'm not sure that all the produced ones were sold (a lot of them were found in the inventory by french occupation army) and also as the sales informations given by Jon Speed: after 1930, they are from September to October (Mauser's archives) not anymore from January to december.
The earliest ES340B s/n are around140000 the latest just below 2xxxxx (the 2xxxxx was more than probably a special range for Mm410B). This s/n 140000 to 199999 range also includes ES350B.
The highest s/n that I've seen in the199xxx range is a ES350B s/n 199896 for sale in France (Why didn't I bought it ? Knowledge missing when it was for sale).
I've never faced any ES340B or ES350B with a 2xxxxx s/n. (2xxxxx was dedicated to MM410B as far as I know. A few ES350B were made with 30xxx s/n, all eagle proofed, around 800ex as far as I know.
Dating a Mauser's 22lr production is impossible (for me, waiting for the clue...!) as I'm not sure that all the produced ones were sold (a lot of them were found in the inventory by french occupation army) and also as the sales informations given by Jon Speed: after 1930, they are from September to October (Mauser's archives) not anymore from January to december.