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C96 / C12 Broomhandle / I have a confused C96 it thinks it is a 9 but it is not.
« on: June 17, 2015, 01:20:03 PM »
Hello all,
My wife's friend lost her brother and I have been charged with Selling off some nice pieces of hardware.
In the lot I have a c96 , the serial indicates it was made in 1915, however some things just do not look correct to me.
The finish is near perfect, however the grips look like one would expect on a 100 yr old gun.
Looking over the exterior all of the numbers match (I haven't taken it apart yet).
Here is where things get weird, It clearly has a black or brown "9" on the grips, it is not a 9 ( some vintage mauser ammo, brass, reloading dies were found with it.) checking the bore in a non scientific manor (holding a 9mm round at the muzzle) it is no way a 9 , and the mauser ammo fits correct.
Now for the really weird part, the grips are stamped on the inside with the 3 numbers matching # on the rest of it. The font of the stamp is not of a current type and it looks like it has been there for a while.
So is it a forgery ? a mistake? something else? was this common?
Or is it just a confused old gun.
Thanks
My wife's friend lost her brother and I have been charged with Selling off some nice pieces of hardware.
In the lot I have a c96 , the serial indicates it was made in 1915, however some things just do not look correct to me.
The finish is near perfect, however the grips look like one would expect on a 100 yr old gun.
Looking over the exterior all of the numbers match (I haven't taken it apart yet).
Here is where things get weird, It clearly has a black or brown "9" on the grips, it is not a 9 ( some vintage mauser ammo, brass, reloading dies were found with it.) checking the bore in a non scientific manor (holding a 9mm round at the muzzle) it is no way a 9 , and the mauser ammo fits correct.
Now for the really weird part, the grips are stamped on the inside with the 3 numbers matching # on the rest of it. The font of the stamp is not of a current type and it looks like it has been there for a while.
So is it a forgery ? a mistake? something else? was this common?
Or is it just a confused old gun.
Thanks