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C96 / C12 Broomhandle / Re: stripper clip problem

« on: February 08, 2016, 09:15:22 AM »

I have to pull the "bolt" back a little on mine, too, don't find it a problem. Hold the bolt with your left hand index and your middle finger, thumb on grip.

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C96 / C12 Broomhandle / Re: Cartridges

« on: May 09, 2015, 07:47:27 AM »

Well, I fired one of them, it had a tremendous blast, I have preferred not to use them, for the reason too, that they have Berdan primers.[/size]In stead I have used a load of 4 grs of VihtaVuori N310, behind a Lee 93 grs bullet (lead/tin, sized to .311), enough to reload, and give a velosity of 370 m/s.I have tried to use a slower powder (4,8 grs N340), it reloads, but the cases are blackened on the outside, (you get gases slipping past the case).[/color]

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C96 / C12 Broomhandle / Cartridges

« on: March 04, 2015, 02:34:17 AM »

With my C96, I got 50 cartridges marked: "7,63 FNM 1-75". I read somewhere, that theese are Portugeese, (Fabrica Nacional de Muniçoes, de Moscavide (Lisboa)). and pretty powerful. Would it be vise to reload hem?

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C96 / C12 Broomhandle / Frame size and ?

« on: December 02, 2014, 01:21:28 PM »

In the book "The Mauser Self-Loading Pistol"  there are a term or rather two, I don't understand, might be due to my school english, but can anyone explain "small or large frame", and "short or long extractor". I can't tell theese differences from the pictures