Sorry, but I’m just not seeing the German MP-18 submachine guns in China as ever having been German Army property, or ever having been restricted as were German military arms.
C96 pistols chambered for the 9x25 Mauser Export are rare everywhere. Not as rare as C96s in 8.15 mm, but close.
The 9x25 Mauser cartridge really only became popular in submachine guns, and 9x25 submachine guns were more popular in South America than anyplace else. Pity, as it was a great submachine gun cartridge.
The attempt to resurrect the 9x25 Mauser (which was and is one heck of a cartridge) by Winchester (as the 9x23 Winchester) failed miserably. Today, I think the closest thing we have to the 9x25 Mauser that is any kind of a commercial success is the 10 mm Auto (esp. in the Buffalo Bore loadings).
I’d love to have something like the M1 carbine (or a Luger carbine!) in 10 mm Auto.
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