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The Mauser C96 (Construktion 96) [12] is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. [13] Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 20th century.
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Paul Mauser titled it the “Construktion 96” or C96 for short. The rest of the planet called it the Broomhandle after the distinctive appearance of the pistol grip. The C96 was recoil-operated with a tilting-lock breech. The center of gravity was unnaturally forward and recoil with the snappy 7.63x25mm cartridge was noteworthy.
The self-loading, semiautomatic Mauser C96 pistol’s distinctive wooden grips inspired its “Broomhandle” nickname. Its wooden holster doubled as a detachable shoulder stock. Debuting in Germany in 1896, the C96 hit the curious U.S. market five years later.
A detachable buttstock was available, converting the pistol into a carbine. The C96 pistol is one of the most recognizable handguns ever made. Its integral magazine, loaded via stripper clips, sat ahead of the trigger guard, and its rather awkward grip-shape gave it the nickname “broomhandle.”.
The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was built by the German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896–1937. The C96 gained fame in recent times thanks to two popular series.
In the 1890s, as German gunsmith Paul Mauser refined his popular bolt-action rifles, three brothers in his firm—Fidel, Friedrich and Josef Feederle—developed a weapon to compete with the 1893 Borchardt, the world’s first mass-produced semiautomatic pistol.
The Broomhandle Mauser. Generally considered the second oldest successful semi auto pistol it came out in 1896. The Borchardt that came out in 1893 was the first successful auto loader though it didn’t stick around very long and was the forunner of the Luger.
Designed around 1893 by the three Federle brothers—Joseph, Fidel and Friedrich—at Waffenfabrik Mauser in Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany, the C96 was revolutionary for its time. Though the gun was never a general-issue weapon in the Kaiser’s army, Mauser produced around aone million C96 pistols.
This Mauser Standard “Conehammer” C.96 “Broomhandle” pistol has a matching holster/shoulder stock, its original leather and a box of original ammo. The assembly doubles the value, bringing it to $4,000.