8.15mm C96 Mauser cartridge???

[Douglas Jr.]

Originally Posted by alvin

4) Most prewar 9x25 went to South America. Not sure why. But looks like South America commercial market had some need on larger caliber C96.... If there were market need on bigger caliber, South America could be one.

Alvin,

In my opinion this is more a myth than the truth about these guns. I live in South America and can tell you that I only saw ONE C96 chambered to 9mm Mauser Export here. If the South America was the primary market for these guns, then I suspect more examples would be around.

Sometimes it is funny to see that, whenever some authors find a very unusual or apparently unexplained variation, they fastly labeled as "intended to South America" or "Far East" market... but this is not often the case. The goes for the rare Mauser Model 1912 (the Nickl oversized 1910 pistol) that some authors claim to have been sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never saw one, even in museums, neither.

Douglas.