High speed velocity champion?

conehammer · 12-26-2011, 06:58 PM

Some wags would say the C96 wasn't commercially successful at first and the Mauser fudged serial numbers to give the impression that it was doing better than it actually was....

Mr Gabbet should have taken a cue from Mauser and started his serial numbers at 4,000...
there might have been more interest which would have precipitated meaningful, commercially salable changes and we'd all have another reasonably plentiful classic to collect.

I can see us all scrambling for the British Naval Contract Mars .45 caliber ( with or without Royal Lions Rampant ), Tibetan Mounted Police Contract 8.5mm
with stylized Mahakala effigy over the chamber and the highly sought after 9mm Gabbet-Fairfax Latvian Postal Inspector Commemorative Contract with high relief Morning Star side panel engravings....

Perhaps I'll just stick to my Mausers....

Jerry

12-26-2011, 06:58 PM	#4
conehammer User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 116 Thanks: 1 Thanked 55 Times in 21 Posts	Some wags would say the C96 wasn't commercially successful at first and the Mauser fudged serial numbers to give the impression that it was doing better than it actually was.... Mr Gabbet should have taken a cue from Mauser and started his serial numbers at 4,000... there might have been more interest which would have precipitated meaningful, commercially salable changes and we'd all have another reasonably plentiful classic to collect. I can see us all scrambling for the British Naval Contract Mars .45 caliber ( with or without Royal Lions Rampant ), Tibetan Mounted Police Contract 8.5mm with stylized Mahakala effigy over the chamber and the highly sought after 9mm Gabbet-Fairfax Latvian Postal Inspector Commemorative Contract with high relief Morning Star side panel engravings.... Perhaps I'll just stick to my Mausers.... Jerry