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1907 Dreyse

This is a typical Fifth Variant 1907 Dreyse (serial number 234028).
The upper receiver housing rises to a point where the rear sight is formed, the slide serrations are angled, the manual safety lever is offset, and there is no takedown cutout beneath the barrel.  This gun also has the late Rheinmetall slide inscription and is stamped “GERMANY”, indicating it was exported, likely after WWI.

Copyright 2008
by Ed Buffaloe.