timkel Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Found this on a Russian site. It must be a photoshop special, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksnest Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 I want one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thompsonteenager Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 ok this is epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adg105200 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 I would have to agree on it probably being photoshopped. Strange to say the least Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Ploughboy Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Okay, look at that carefully and just imagine what Han Solo's blaster in Star Wars COULD have looked like.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettom Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Ploughboy Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojeep Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 M1932 SchnellfeuerA similar version of the 900 was made by Astra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 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/ Edited August 26, 2019 by StrangeRanger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 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. 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. 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. Stay safe Richard Edited August 26, 2019 by rpbcps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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