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Unread 09-30-2015, 05:48 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Olle View Post
Wouldn't the "GERMANY" stamp indicate an exported gun, so why do you suspect a German refurbish?
For exporting, exporter also wanted to sell a good price. Compare with those prewar C96, wartime production's milling and fitting quality was relatively low. To sell a better price, enhancing surplus pistols a little bit for exporting was very natural.

The Standard C96, in a seller's words (not this seller) that I totally agree "every kid should have one of these - Mauser Standard C96". Although being common, super nice samples of this variation are very collectible. Those rare 6-shot and 20-shot cannot replace Standard C96's position in a collection -- this was the variation making this type of pistol world famous.

I have gotten mine:
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