C96 Mauser stock!
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tark
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This Is my C-96. The stock Fits very tightly on the gun with no wobble or looseness. I would try it for accuracy, but since the gun is a 99% piece and has never been fired after leaving the factory , as a collector, I'll pass. I'm too lazy to clean all of the cosmoline out of the gun's innards, anyway.
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entropy
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C'mon, tark, let your inner Joe Kidd out!
@tark I don't blame you for not wanting to shoot one in that condition that has never been fired before.
I have not kept up with the C&R rules and regulations in a while, but it is well known that the ATF tends to flip flop on opinions on what is or is not legal. This includes original versus aftermarket pistol stocks on C&R handguns.
Right or wrong, I would always tell people to only use original stocks with C&R handguns back when I had my FFL. It is better to err on the side of caution. And I recommend going by what the most up to date C&R handbook says versus going by a determination letter that is not addressed to you.
I have not kept up with the C&R rules and regulations in a while, but it is well known that the ATF tends to flip flop on opinions on what is or is not legal. This includes original versus aftermarket pistol stocks on C&R handguns.
Right or wrong, I would always tell people to only use original stocks with C&R handguns back when I had my FFL. It is better to err on the side of caution. And I recommend going by what the most up to date C&R handbook says versus going by a determination letter that is not addressed to you.
Carl N. Brown
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I would like to add that the dealer who had my original Mauser C96 (roughly 1912-1913 based on serial num) also had a 9mm Chinese C96 which was basically a Mauser C96 712 variant (select fire) parts set assembled to a newly (1980s?) manufactured frame without provision for selector switch or internal full auto parts but it had the stock cut in the grip. I passed on that one.
tark
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I'm not worried about legality, because it appeared that the shoulder stock had never been attached. I carefully attatched it once. I'm not going to attach it again and risk even the tiniest scratch in that area. The stock is matching to the gun. When I bought it from a friend ten years ago the gun and the stock were stored separately.
I have a second C-96 that I shoot a lot. Its name is Winston.
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I definitely do not blame you for keeping it unfired and unassembled.
Carl N. Brown
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W.H.B. Smith, "Small Arms of the World" 1966
The Borchardt
" As originally issued it was accompanied by a detachable rifle stock, the idea being to make it either a one- or two-hand weapon for short or long-range firing. In practice, shoulder use of a pistol is not desireable."
Geoffrey Boothroyd, "The Handgun" 1970
Widely known as Ian Fleming's firearms advisor, but a well established firearms historian before that, Boothroyd mentions several models of handguns offered with detachable shoulder stocks. Boothroyd notes they ".... could be used as a pistol or carbine, a compromise of dubious value ..." wrote "It has been said that a shoulder stock converts a good pistol into a bad rifle ...."
The Borchardt
" As originally issued it was accompanied by a detachable rifle stock, the idea being to make it either a one- or two-hand weapon for short or long-range firing. In practice, shoulder use of a pistol is not desireable."
Geoffrey Boothroyd, "The Handgun" 1970
Widely known as Ian Fleming's firearms advisor, but a well established firearms historian before that, Boothroyd mentions several models of handguns offered with detachable shoulder stocks. Boothroyd notes they ".... could be used as a pistol or carbine, a compromise of dubious value ..." wrote "It has been said that a shoulder stock converts a good pistol into a bad rifle ...."
