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Unread 11-30-2015, 02:20 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by alvin View Post
Yes. Most of them were made after the Great War.

In prewar years, Mauser also thought about police market. Small amount of Bolos were made to test that market. Collectors call those "prewar Bolo". Obviously not very successful, because not many were made in that configuration in prewar era.

But Model 1922 Bolo flourished in postwar era.
Yes I now that if Im not wrong about 345K of them were manufactured.
Here they are probably the most common broomhandles, although very very few people collect C96.
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