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Originally Posted by Sieger

Hi,

This doesn't seem possible, but I don't have a 7.63mm C96 to try fitting a loaded 9x19mm into its chamber.

Can one of you Mauser collectors verify this?

Sieger

Re-enactors have used 9mm crimped blanks in 30 Mauser's that have had the barrels "blanked" for semi-auto function..... So yes More than likely one could mistakenly put a 9mm in a 30 cal C96.... something the Germans must have been aware of hence the "RED 9" on their 9mm C96's....