History:
Because of the good acceptance of the model 1910 the company Mauser developed a bigger size model in .calibre 32 ACP too. This model 1914 was produced four years later and was of the same design and quality, but with some small changes in construction.
In order to bring in these changes also to the smaller .25 model 1910 the production of this model was stopped from July until December 1913. The new model then appeared at the market at the turn of the year 1913/1914 and was named "Neues Modell" ("New Model").
One of the changes in construction was the fixing of the barrel. It now had an additional small latch at the front end of the receiver in order to lock the bolt. The coverplate of the action was changed too. It now got more rectangular design and was guided in a dovetail. It was only to remove after dismounting the slide. A new detail of the construction was that the slide now was catched at the rear position after the last shot and was released only after removing the old and inserting a new magazine.
The production first was running from 1914 until 1917 with serialnumbers between about 61.000 to 152.000. After World War I the production was started again in 1919 with serialnumbers between about 200.000 to 403.000 (no numbers are known in the range between 152.000 and 200.000).
Besides commercial uses these types were also carried in small amount by some German police-forces together with the bigger .32 models.
Technical Datas:
SYSTEM: self-cocking pistol with mass system and firing pin
CARTRIDGES : 9
CALIBRE : .25 ACP
BARREL LENGTH : 78mm , 6 fields turning right
WEIGHT EMPTY : 425 g
TOTAL LENGTH : 135 mm
TOTAL HEIGHT : 105 mm
TOTAL WIDTH : 25 mm
TRIGGER : single action
SIGHT : fix
SAFETY : lever with release button
FINISH : browned
GRIPS : hard rubber or wood