Super low brazillian mauser serial number?

[Primed1]

Got a brazillian mauser all matching with the serial number 25 and a A prefix. Does this mean its the 25th one ever made? I know they did batches and re-rolled the numbers but I think with the prefix A that this means it was the 25th one made. Please let me know if I'm wrong.

 

[Eaglelord17]

I am not a expert on Brazilian Mausers but that sounds correct. Very good chance that it is the 25th off the main assembly line.

 

[jamesharrison]

You forgot about the L1 suffix on the line below the number.

I believe that it is the 25th rifle made in the L1 [or i] production run.

According to Jon Speed, the 2nd Brazil Mauser M1908 contract of 200,000 Long rifles started in 1912, with the last rifles delivered in early 1914, [Jon Speed]. Production was split between DWM [Berlin], and Mauser-Werke [Oberndorf], with each company making 100,000 rifles, in following serial # blocks:

• Berlin: Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii (or Ji), Kk
• Oberndorf: Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu

Also, according to Speed, apparently some of the rifles made in Oberndorf were stamped DWM [after all DWM, the successor to Ludwig Loewe, was actually the parent company of Mauser]. This was approved by Mauser, although after the DWM stamping, it will usually say Oberndorff. I cannot make out if this is the case from the photo, but based on the serial number tables showing that Li [or 1] was manufactured in Oberndorf vice Berlin, I would think that this would be the case.