[jethro75]

My great uncle has a C96 with the wooden holster/stock. The metal piece that attachés the stock and grip together is lost. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? Thanks.

[Jim K]

Try www.gunpartscorp.com who used to have them.

Many of those were taken off and destroyed before the BATFE changed the category on those stocked Mausers from "short barrel rifle" to a simple Curio and Relic status. Before that (in the U.S) they had to be registered, just like a machinegun, and many owners threw away the attachment rather than be in violation of the law.

Today, as long as the stock is original German-made, the gun is a C&R; if it is a later stock, the gun is still a SBR.

Jim

[pbhome71]

Jim,


if it is a later stock, the gun is still a SBR.


Is this the case even if the stock is not attach to the C96, and only being used as a holster?

Thanks,

-Pat

[jethro75]

Thanks for the info Jim. That was the case with this gun. No go with gunparts corp.

[Jim K]

In an effort to ease some collector burden, BATFE has removed all C&R pistols with ORIGINAL shoulder stocks from the purview of the National Firearms Act. They are still handguns under the rules of the Federal Firearms Act, but are in the Curio & Relic category. But that does not apply to non-original stocks, like a pre-war BHP with a wartime Canadian shoulder stock, or a C96 with a home-made stock. They have said, however, that original means made at about the same time as the gun, and that the stock does not have to be serial numbered to the gun or otherwise shown to have been made for that specific gun.

To be a SBR in any case, the stock has to be attachable to the pistol; if it can't be attached, then it is just a pistol with a piece of wood. That was the reason many owners either welded up the slot in the pistol or destroyed the metal connector on the stock. If the stock can be attached, it was/is a SBR, no matter if the stock is attached or not.

Jim