Mauser c96 Caliber

[Olle]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

If it looks like this, it CAN'T...

If it is 7.63, don't try Tokarev ammunition...That's how that picture got that way...

Surprisingly enough, many people (for example on Gunboards) still insist that it's safe to shoot Tok ammo in a Broomhandle. Same people probably shoot +P in their Lugers. When somebody says "I have been doing it for years and my gun still works just fine", I usually reply "My neighbor had been smoking crack for years and he's still alive".

By the way, I saw three Broomhandles with that kind of damage for sale at the Cool Springs show. When I pointed it out and asked the owners how they got that way, they looked like that proverbial deer in the headlights. I suspect they "had been doing it for years", and all of a sudden realized that it was time to sell...