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Handguns, Rifles & Shotguns => Handguns => Topic started by: OnTheFly on October 23, 2013, 09:07:56 PM

Title: Über cool find!
Post by: OnTheFly on October 23, 2013, 09:07:56 PM: My father-in-law passed away several years ago and my mother-in-law had too move out of her house. Today I was helping the family clean out the house. We were in the basement and I spotted what looked like the muzzle of a pistol. I pulled it out and holy shnikes, I found a Mayser Broom Handle in very good condition.

It was like winning a treasure hunt. Very cool!

Fly
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: altheman2 on October 23, 2013, 09:44:26 PM: Now that is a find!! :o Very Pretty!
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: shooter on October 23, 2013, 09:47:46 PM: wow, that is a great find,
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: bkoenig on October 23, 2013, 10:36:11 PM: Wow! German made?
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: on the fritz on October 23, 2013, 11:19:24 PM: Cool! When do I get to shoot it? LOL That is a very cool find. You should see what kind of history you can dig up on it.
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: RobertH on October 24, 2013, 06:16:19 AM: wow!
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: OnTheFly on October 24, 2013, 07:34:20 AM: Quote from: bkoenig on October 23, 2013, 10:36:11 PM
Wow! German made?

Appears to be. It has "Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf ^Neckar" stamped in the receiver.

Fly
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: NE Bull on October 24, 2013, 08:05:31 AM: AWESOME! The stories that thing may have to tell....
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: bkoenig on October 24, 2013, 08:06:58 AM: Quote from: OnTheFly on October 24, 2013, 07:34:20 AM
Appears to be. It has "Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf ^Neckar"

Fly

That thing is worth a pretty penny.
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: Lmbass14 on October 24, 2013, 08:20:28 AM: Holy Crap Batman, Now that is a find. Fly says it worth a pretty penny. If your gonna sell it, I'll give your the prettiest 2013 penny I have. No, I'm not kidding one least bit. ;D Great find, enjoy.
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: shooter on October 24, 2013, 10:54:56 AM: is it a 30 mauser cal? or 9mm? the 9mm. usually have a red 9 on the grips. but they may have been changed
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: OnTheFly on October 24, 2013, 05:46:30 PM: Quote from: shooter on October 24, 2013, 10:54:56 AM
is it a 30 mauser cal? or 9mm? the 9mm. usually have a red 9 on the grips. but they may have been changed

I don't have the gun. I didn't notice anything on the grip, but I will ask my brother-in-law.

ETA: I have done some research and I now know what you mean by the ride nine on the grip. That large "9" was definitely not on the grip. Though, as you said, that doesn't mean they were not changed. My initial guess is that the pistol is a post-war bolo version, but I'm still researching. One disappointing discovery is that the serial number on the barrel and the lower do not match. However, the three places I have found the serial number on the lower are all the same.

So probably not a high dollar C96, but cool nonetheless.

Fly
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: abbafandr on October 24, 2013, 07:53:46 PM: Cool, but how will it work for USPSA matches? 8)
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: OnTheFly on October 24, 2013, 09:17:06 PM: Quote from: abbafandr on October 24, 2013, 07:53:46 PM
Cool, but how will it work for USPSA matches? 8)

Hmmm...first problem is finding a holster and stripper clip pouches, then I need to practice my stripper clip reloads.

Fly
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: abbafandr on October 25, 2013, 05:24:24 AM: Quote from: OnTheFly on October 24, 2013, 09:17:06 PM
Hmmm...first problem is finding a holster and stripper clip pouches, then I need to practice my stripper clip reloads.

Fly

No hill for a climber ;D
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: NENick on October 25, 2013, 10:36:23 AM: I hope your brother in law is better than mine...

I'd need a broom handle to club him with.
Title: Re: Über cool find!
Post by: OnTheFly on October 25, 2013, 10:38:24 AM: Quote from: NENick on October 25, 2013, 10:36:23 AM
I hope your brother in law is better than mine...

I'd need a broom handle to club him with.

I'm not sure what he will end up doing with the pistol. He will take care of it if he keeps it, but not sure if he feels the need to get funds for my mother-in-law's care.

Fly