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Well , there was the china warlord who loved his Thompsons and built Mausers in .45 ACP to go with them . It would not be hard at all to start with one of those and build up what we see . Used to own one . Very roughly made but always fired .

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Well , there was the china warlord who loved his Thompsons and built Mausers in .45 ACP to go with them . It would not be hard at all to start with one of those and build up what we see . Used to own one . Very roughly made but always fired .

Chris

 

That was also my experience when I had a Shansei .45 ACP Broomhandle Mauser.

 

Be well.

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Well , there was the china warlord who loved his Thompsons and built Mausers in .45 ACP to go with them . It would not be hard at all to start with one of those and build up what we see . Used to own one . Very roughly made but always fired .

Chris

 

That was also my experience when I had a Shansei .45 ACP Broomhandle Mauser.

 

Be well.

 

That was the name of it ! I couldn't think of that at all , I sold it because I loved it so much that I felt I would surely break a part sooner or later . Also you had to have three hands to load it , but just months after it was gone , 10 round stripper clips for the

M14 became available , which would have solved that problem .

Chris

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Well , there was the china warlord who loved his Thompsons and built Mausers in .45 ACP to go with them . It would not be hard at all to start with one of those and build up what we see . Used to own one . Very roughly made but always fired .

Chris

 

That was also my experience when I had a Shansei .45 ACP Broomhandle Mauser.

 

Be well.

 

That was the name of it ! I couldn't think of that at all , I sold it because I loved it so much that I felt I would surely break a part sooner or later . Also you had to have three hands to load it , but just months after it was gone , 10 round stripper clips for the

M14 became available , which would have solved that problem .

Chris

 

I used AK47 stripper clips. I sold (actually trade and cash) mine because, like you, I feared breaking an irreplaceable part.

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with my Broomhandle it would be nice for short front grip when using the stock, it is being rerestored now, I'll ask about that.

I've never been down this road , but I think that mounting a vertical grip ahead of the reciever would require a tax stamp . Maybe that has changed , though .

Chris

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A vertical foregrip on a pistol makes it an AOW unless the OAL of the assembled weapon exceeds 26".

I don't have one to measure but I seriously doubt that a C96 with shoulder stock attached meets the length requirement. Even if it did, you could never attach the foregrip without first attaching the stock. I'm not sure how "constructive possession" would work in that circumstance and don't want to find out

 

FWIW it's been done:

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/submachine-guns/brazilian-pasam/

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Replace the Drum with a 20 round Stick Mag to make it easier to carry and hold.

 

The Germans did make a Full Auto version of the Broom Handle. I can't remember the German Translation, but did see one at the NRA Museum years ago.

 

My other passions are Parabellums and Mausers.

 

Criminal use of the Mauser C96 is recorded in History. In the UK, a C96 was used in the Siege of Sidney Street in the East End of London in January 1911, also known as the Battle of Stepney. This was a police operation to arrest members of gang of Latvian immigrant anarchists involved in attempted Jewel robbery a month earlier. This resulted in a gunfight between a combined police and the Royal Scots Guards, who were called to provide armed reinforcements and gang members. There was even footage of the then Home Secretary, Winston Churchill, attending the siege, which caused a political row over the level of his operational involvement. The gang was armed with a mixture of Dreyse Model 1907 and Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistols. One member of the gang was called “Peter the Painter”, a nickname for an unknown figure, possibly Peter Piaktow, who escaped and was never seen again.

 

Ironically the nickname of the C96 used by Irish revolutionaries, during the early 20th century, was the ‘Peter the Painter’.

 

The M1932/M712 was the final version to be manufactured in the C96 series, produced with full auto option, production began in 1932 and ran through to 1936. M1932 is the unofficial designation given to the model and M712 is designation for the weapon given by the German Wehrmacht.

 

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16245 Mauser M712.jpg

 

Many M712’s, which were originally destined to be shipped to China (Mauser’s best customer at the time), were subsequently blocked by the 3rd Reich when war broke out between China & Japan. Germany did not wish to upset their newfound ally, Imperial Japan, so these guns were ordered to be held back by the German government and kept in storage at Mauser Works.

 

Chinese marking made in Germany.JPG

 

Consequently, these guns were later appropriated and issued to the Waffen SS & other military units, when WW2 broke out in Europe, and Germany urgently needed every weapon that was readily available.

16245 Stock & 20 rnd mag.JPG

 

Stay safe

 

Richard

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