tark
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I picked up this beauty a couple of years ago. I have finally learned how to post pics so here it is.
It is, from all appearances , a pistol that was never fired after proof testing. The insides if the gun are gooped in cosmoline, or whatever the Germans in 1930 used. The gun has been appraised by the RIA Auction company at 99% and it is their opinion that it has never been fired after proof testing. The buttstock is matching.
There are some small issues. The only finish wear is from the Stock being assembled to the gun a couple of times. There are two tiny scratches on the right side if the gun. The lanyard loop is missing. This one is my "collector grade" Broomie. My "Shooter grade" gun is in the last picture. I have referred to this gun many times in the forum It is the Broomhandle that had digested over 4000 rounds of 7.62X25 Tokarev ammo.
I have a Broomhandle Mauser that is impossible to upgrade. It will never be fired, and the grease covering the insides will never be removed. It is frozen in time, dating back to the day it left the factory. It will stay that way.
If anyone is interested I gave $2,000 for the gun. It is worth a bit more than that, now, but not greatly so. The missing Lanyard loop knocks it down a bit, as does the finish wear on the Stock lug. That, and the two scratches keep it from a 99+% rating. Just that extra 1/2 % would almost double the value of the piece.
But that's not why I bought it. It will go to my best friend when I am gone.
It is, from all appearances , a pistol that was never fired after proof testing. The insides if the gun are gooped in cosmoline, or whatever the Germans in 1930 used. The gun has been appraised by the RIA Auction company at 99% and it is their opinion that it has never been fired after proof testing. The buttstock is matching.
There are some small issues. The only finish wear is from the Stock being assembled to the gun a couple of times. There are two tiny scratches on the right side if the gun. The lanyard loop is missing. This one is my "collector grade" Broomie. My "Shooter grade" gun is in the last picture. I have referred to this gun many times in the forum It is the Broomhandle that had digested over 4000 rounds of 7.62X25 Tokarev ammo.
I have a Broomhandle Mauser that is impossible to upgrade. It will never be fired, and the grease covering the insides will never be removed. It is frozen in time, dating back to the day it left the factory. It will stay that way.
If anyone is interested I gave $2,000 for the gun. It is worth a bit more than that, now, but not greatly so. The missing Lanyard loop knocks it down a bit, as does the finish wear on the Stock lug. That, and the two scratches keep it from a 99+% rating. Just that extra 1/2 % would almost double the value of the piece.
But that's not why I bought it. It will go to my best friend when I am gone.