"System Mauser" - The Very First C96 Pistols
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The very first group of C96 pistols made. -about 200 in total - are called "System Mauser" pistols. They have this hand-engraved on the top of the barrel, and have a number of other very early features that would quickly change. Most of these changes involve lightening the gun, but they also have a distinctive stepped barrel and a holster/stock that opened to the left; the opposite of all the later standard holsters.
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