Bought two pistols

[Lugerdoc]

The Chinese did make some new 9mm & .45 brooms some 30 years ago, but they did not hold up to regular firing and parts were not interchangable with the Mauser C96. TH

[alvin]

Originally Posted by Lugerdoc

The Chinese did make some new 9mm & .45 brooms some 30 years ago, but they did not hold up to regular firing and parts were not interchangable with the Mauser C96. TH

Chinese had tons of vintage Schnellfeuers that they wanted to dump in 1980s, but US wholesalers could not import them. So some guns were converted to semi-auto, rebored to 9mm, with some new parts installed to replace broken parts, etc (unfortunately, used soft steel) -- "714", it's interesting to look at, but the quality is low. .45 was created for US market. Low quality too.

But, if they could start from scratch, make brand new C96s as a gun like they making those SIG 226 copy, AR15 copy, 1911 copy, Tokarev copy, SKS copy, etc, then, should work. Won't be as well finished as German guns, but should be functional, no problem.

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Great thing about Interarms Mauser was this -- it was made as a gun, not a collectible (although they also made a few commemorative ones). One thing that I am not comfortable at postwar Krieghoff being this -- a new plain pistol with price tag over $10K !! That's not a pistol. Mauser had cost/price pressure, so they had to update the way to make Parabellum. Old gun being made in newer ways, that's fancy. Gun collectors collect guns.