stchman
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I've never had any reliability problems with my Broomhandle.
Every one I've ever seen and shot doesn't shoot very reliably. The C96 is the worst of the two.
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I've never had any reliability problems with my Broomhandle.
The success or failure of US Armament's Colt 1903 reproduction might be an indicator on whether there is a market for building reproductions.
I thought about this after I posted and realized that it would never work. Let's say you started something like Cowboy competition shooting. Everyone dressed up, maybe even drove up in vintage automobiles. The problem is everyone is going to be shooting 1911s.[/QUOTE][QUOTE="
Now if you could do what the Cowboy competition people have done then maybe a new market opens up. It would be a tough sell though.
Ok. This pistol is an abortion sorry to say. First I can accept only being available in .32, even though few today shoot the cartridge. I can accept the finish and grips, I can even accept Colt out sourcing the manufacture. What the I cannot accept is fake US property General Officers roll marks. It’s trying to be something it’s not. I would much rather they called it model 2016 or something. They should have at least chambered in .380 or 9mm. Then the unmitigated gaul to charge $1200 for it.I really considered one of those. The stumbling point was the price. Even at half the price I would hesitate. If they could get the price down to. . . say the price of my Kimber Micro, about 425, I wouldn't hesitate to get one.
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If it’s going to be a tool let it at least be an honest one.
You can find plenty of Webley MK VI that have been rechambered in the ‘50s for .45 Auto in fairly decent condition for about $800 maybe less. Something to keep an eye out for.As a new comer to the party I'd jump at the chance for vintage style firearms, original or not, that cost less than my mortgage. Even just getting reproductions of classic guns in more readily available calibers would be great. A Webley MK VI in 38 sp or VZ 24 in .308 would help me cross a number of items off my bucket list with greater ease since I wasn't alive when these guns and their ammo were considered surplus but not collectors items. On the flip side I'm a market force of one and I can't say I know many that would follow suit. A boy can dream I suppose.
The C-96 is the first automatic pistol design that actually WORKED. Mine has digested over four thousand rounds in the twenty plus years I have owned it. Can't remember it EVER jamming. Never owned a Luger.The C96 is the worst of the two.
The C-96 is the first automatic pistol design that actually WORKED. Mine has digested over four thousand rounds in the twenty plus years I have owned it. Can't remember it EVER jamming. Never owned a Luger.