mauser broomhandle pistol serial numbers

The hammer is marked with “NS,” for Neue Sicherung (New Safety) indicating production between approximately 1914, and the advent of the 1930 Commercial model. They have standard Mauser markings on the right receiver, and standard Mauser markings on the top of the chamber. In all respects, these pistols are regular Wartime Commercial WWI guns.

These guns are sometimes called “Scandinavian Contract” guns, but no documentation has ever been produced linking them to a Scandinavian country. In this post, we will be looking at an example of an unexplained contract block of C/96 Pistols made in the WWI era. Re-examining the “Scandinavian Contract” Mauser C/96 Broomhandle We get a lot of WWI and WWII c/96 “Broomhandle” pistols here at Parker’s gun store. Read MoreĤ Digit Wartime Commercial Mauser C/96 Broomhandle Pistol () (Notable contract examples are the Turkish Conehammer Contract, marked in Farsi in their own serial number range, the Persian Contract, 1000 guns in a specific serial number range and marked with the Persian Crest, or the Italian Naval Contract of 5000 guns in their own serial number range with Italian markings.) When Mauser started production of the C/96 in 1896, commercial sales were good, but Mauser was hoping for a military contract, so. Since most Mauser C/96 contracts were filled from standard production guns, it’s hard to trace specific guns to specific countries. The Mauser C/96 Broomhandle Pistol saw service throughout the world from the trenches of WWI to The Dublin Easter Uprising, Broomhandles have armed Russian Revolutionaries, Chinese Warlords, and a host of paramilitary groups in between. NOTE: These two guns both sold to a private collector through our brick and mortar store in Parker, CO in summer 2017.

Mauser C96 Broomhandle Pistols Used in the Mexican Revolution, circa 1897-1900 ()

Mauser broomhandle pistol serial numbers