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Officers pistol or Bolo discussion

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fred klinknagel:
In the book : Kleine waffen -Bibliothek- Heft 3- MauserStreifenlader Teil 2 .
Written by H.B Lockhoven.
-model 1916/1920 this is the shortend barrel 9 mm,rear sight fixed
- model 1912/1920 this is the shortend barrel 7,63 kaliber with the normal grip.
-model 1920 export,Bolo Mauser,factory made with 100mm barrel,small grip.


From the German weaponmagazine : Visier,March 2002:
Mauser build the compact models before 1914 but massproduction and sales to Russia and China
makes the Bolo famous.


And from many articles and books I have seen :
My opinion : some one at some time linked the short ,smallframe mauser,build in 1920 .
Most of them exported to Russia/China tot Blosheviks and named them Bolo.
In the years the name "bolo" became the nickname for every short model C96


Best regards ,Fred

1914mauser:
This is basically the theory I am forming but I have some more information to review before I commit to it.

Regards,

vlim:
The problem is that Mauser  never used these designation.


Not even C96.....


The pistol was internally called the 'army pistol'.


Many designations were invented by collectors and authors with the urge to overclassify them.

fred klinknagel:
I'll agree .


regards,Fred

1914mauser:
My father always referred to them as "Military Mauser pistols". I always liked that name for them.

Regards,

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