Broooooooooooomhandle!!!!!!!!

WildAlaska,

Have you shot the pistol from a rest? I'm interested in their accuracy (bet it's good!)

schweeet! I like mine. Used to be 7.63 mauser was hard to find, like $25/20 for FMJ hard to find. Then a few months ago all kinds of stuff showed up. Mine has the original stock which is a hoot to shoot with but it doesn't group as well. Gotta get them strippers, although i can't seem to get mine to work right.

Good on ya! no gun nut should be without a broomie.

toys fer the new tool:
http://www.sksman.com/access/holsters.html

pix:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=broomhandle+mauser&btnG=Google+Search

i wonder if these could be ever be reborn in a polymer cast frame?

an article on the chinese imports:
http://www.iar-arms.com/mausereview1.htm

Great pistol !

Sounds like a great buy Wild . Love to see it . Here's mine .
Enjoy .

"what a **** to load without clips.."


Hehehehe...

You got that right!

Someone either made a couple of runs, or imported a bunch, of clips a couple of years ago when they were coming in big time in the 1980s.

Try Gun Parts Corp.

WildAlaska,

what a **** to load without clips..

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Heh. I had one ratty stripper clip for mine. Whenever the gun wasn't actually being shot, I kept it twistie-tied to the trigger guard. There was no way I was going back to trying to load up without it.

Oh, meant to mention...

Try pushing the rounds down into the magazine with the eraser end of a pencil. One of my former coworkers said that's how he loaded his, and said he got fairly good at it.

Try Old Western Scrounger for stripper clips .

Are you using Fiocchi 7.63 ammo ?

Great looking Mauser ! You did good

Mitch

Open bolt
Squat down so that butt crack gets exposed
Put gun between thighs, barrel pointed in safe direction
Curse
Hold bolt back with left hand using thigh pressure to hold gun in place.
Feed rounds in with right hand
Last round in grab gun by reciver with right hnad, control bolt with left and release from thighs
Let bolt go forward, safety off, shoot

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that oughta be interesting and disturbing to watch at the range.

I believe I saw C96 stripper clips at Sarco's ad in Shotgun News.

Wild
No disrespect to your obvious knowledge of firearms , but are you sure your surplus is 7.63 Mauser and not 7.62 Tokarev ? I'm sure you know they will chamber and fire interchangeably . But that Tok ammo is much too hot .
Only reason I asked was that I've been watching surplus ammo for about 20 yrs and don't recall ever seeing any 7.63 . Hate to see any damage done to your fine pistol . What is the country of origin ?

Thanks
Mitch

And thanks for the Windex tip . Never tried that .

ding!:
http://www.northridgeinc.com/handgun_parts.htm
10 Stripper Clips-Mauser C96 Pistol
10 Rnd Stripper Clips for C96/Bolo Pistol. Used Good Condition. $10.00 SN-82
Add
45 Cal Full Moon Clip for SW/Colt Set of 5 $5.00 SN-83
Add
French 9m/M MAB Pistol Mag Pouch
Dual Mag Pouch OD Canvas $14.95 SN-814
Add
Makarov 8 Rd. Magazine $14.95 SN-890
Add
C96 Broom Handle Brass Stripper Clip
Original C96 Broom Handle Mauser 10 rd Stripper Clip $3.00 SN-1142
Add
C96 Broom Handle Steel Stripper Clip
Original C96 Broom Handle Mauser 10 rd Stripper Clip $2.50 SN-1143
Add
C96 Broom Handle Alum. Stripper Clip
Original C96 Broom Handle Mauser 10 rd Stripper Clip $2.00 SN-1144A
Add
Tokarev Pistol Stripper Clip Pouch
Each Pocket holds 1 Ten rd Stripper Clip. Brand New $6.95 TOK-2

heres a cool site:
http://www.northwest-denture.com/mauser1896/pe3.htm

Congratulations, Wild - - -

Have you been to your tailor yet? I mean, you GOTTA have a khaki bush jacket with the two special little pockets to hold clips for your Mauser. (See photo at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...?v=glance&s=books&vi=reader&img=1#reader-link

This shows Young Winston complete with his holstered Mauser. The ammo pouches are above the breast pockets and below the epaulets.


Best,
Johnny

Hey Wildalaska:

I lived for a year in Alaska (Anchorage, 1969) so I'm an honorary "sourdough."

However, by the timbre' of your posts, y'all got cabin fever and need to go on a vacation.

Let's see.....Hawaii? Mexico? Florida? Arizona?

Your posts just busted me up. Your enthusiasm for your new toy is catching.

Would I like to shoot one? Oh yeh; that thing looks like FUN.

BTW, what is the caliber for that thing? I used to own a Mauser garrison rifle which was beautifully crafted. I'll be the broomhandle is nicely constructed as well.

My Broomhandle

I have been amazed at the number of responses to this thread. I thought that the Broom had been put away on the back of the shelf to be forgotten about and talked of as a distant memory. So it has made me dig down into my rather small treasure chest and come out with my almost forgotten but always intriguing retailer marked Broomhandle.

This little beauty is s/n 36xxx and is called an "Early Small Ring Hammer" according to the definitive work "System Mauser". Its s/n is even listed on page 92 of that work as being representative of that designation.

She has a fair to good bore with clear rifling but some light pitting in the lands and grooves. All numbered parts match including the grip panels. She is losing some bluing and it's replaced with patina. She also has a slight ding on the magazine well on the reverse side. According to my references the s/n indicates a manufacture date of 1902/03 (a hundred years old now!). It is also considered a transitional piece because some later s/n's had the earlier style large ring hammer. Sources say that initial sales of the pistol were flat so the factory jumped ahead in s/n's to imply that sales were higher than they really were.

The difference in color of the lettering is that I touched up with grease pencil so the color doesn't quite match to the older grease pencil marking.
Anyway your opinion please.............I'm thinking of letting this one go so I can finance a more modern arm (like a Kimber Ultra CDP or such). Do you think there are buyers out there for it? Idea on value? Your comments are welcome. Thanks for listening!

My Broomhandle - Second Pic

A close-up of of the milled panel.

Hey Alaska,

You got me jealous of your new toy, so I just had to go out and buy this today...





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Route 66,

Anyway your opinion please.............I'm thinking of letting this one go so I can finance a more modern arm (like a Kimber Ultra CDP or such). Do you think there are buyers out there for it? Idea on value? Your comments are welcome.

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Oh...

Lust...

Pant...

Drool...



Huh? Sorry, you were saying something?