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Pistols => C96 / C12 Broomhandle => Topic started by: gebirg on February 16, 2014, 03:24:10 PM

Title: Wartime comercial with wooden stock - year of production?
Post by: gebirg on February 16, 2014, 03:24:10 PM

This rig has been together since may 1945 and no shots fired post war. This was taken from a small German officers group that was arrested, the norwegian groupleader took this rig and kept it as it was then until now.
The gun is serial 383543, all number match!

Thank you!

Title: Re: Wartime comercial with wooden stock - year of production?
Post by: vlim on February 17, 2014, 07:13:41 PM

It is a wartime pistol (World War 1) with a Prussian military acceptance marking. So it has had an interesting life, having served in two wars and probably inbetween as well.

Title: Re: Wartime comercial with wooden stock - year of production?
Post by: gebirg on February 18, 2014, 01:53:53 PM

I agree, and thank you vlim :)

Title: Re: Wartime comercial with wooden stock - year of production?
Post by: MATT HELM on June 16, 2014, 10:36:47 PM

I Googled C96 serial numbers..for commercial wartime models. My C-96 Broom starts # with 382325
According ti that site....late 1916-early 1917 ( on the cusp...as it were)
Your  Broom. is most likely 1917 according to my finds.