Really nice broomhandle

alvin · 09-26-2015, 07:54 PM

OK. I am a C96 collector, and I don't have a C96 in cardboard box. But I won't bid on this one. Why? Many reasons.

1) This is a WWI production gun. For this WWI variation, the top one is not a 98% mint one. Top one is unit marked C96 with unit marked matching stock. There was one for sale a few years back, unfortunately, I was short of $$ at that time.

2) A cardboard box,,,, big deal? The key accessory for C96 is shoulder stock, and that's this gun's weakest point -- the stock coming with this gun is a joke.

3) Finish... I would say it's a German refurbished gun. Many WWI C96s were refurbished by German in 1920s for exporting. The milling quality and blue looks better than regular WWI production guns. If you viewed many high serial number Red 9s,,,, this one looks like those. Those WWI C96 with s/n 3xxxxx or 4xxxxx are supposed to be rough in milling.

09-26-2015, 07:54 PM	#6
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	OK. I am a C96 collector, and I don't have a C96 in cardboard box. But I won't bid on this one. Why? Many reasons. 1) This is a WWI production gun. For this WWI variation, the top one is not a 98% mint one. Top one is unit marked C96 with unit marked matching stock. There was one for sale a few years back, unfortunately, I was short of $$ at that time. 2) A cardboard box,,,, big deal? The key accessory for C96 is shoulder stock, and that's this gun's weakest point -- the stock coming with this gun is a joke. 3) Finish... I would say it's a German refurbished gun. Many WWI C96s were refurbished by German in 1920s for exporting. The milling quality and blue looks better than regular WWI production guns. If you viewed many high serial number Red 9s,,,, this one looks like those. Those WWI C96 with s/n 3xxxxx or 4xxxxx are supposed to be rough in milling.