From the Guns.com Warehouse: A Crop of Mauser Pistols (PHOTOS)

By Chris Eger

Currently on the table for sale in the Guns.com warehouse are a C96, byf44-code P-38, and a late model HSc. (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com)
Established in 1871, Mauser is best known for their rifles but also produced several innovative pistol designs as well, and we have several up for grabs in the Guns.com warehouse.
The German gun maker renowned for their bolt guns produced companion handgun lines almost from the beginning, starting with their M1877 singe-shot pistols and Model 1878 “Zig Zag” revolvers. Then came perhaps the best semi-auto pistol of its era, the C96 “Broomhandle.”
The C96 was made in Germany through the 1930s and as unlicensed clones in Spain, China and elsewhere (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com)
Produced from 1897 to 1938 by Mauser, the C96 was designed by the trio of Feederle brothers (Fidel, Friedrich, and Josef) in conjunction with Peter Paul Mauser. Chambered originally in 7.63x25mm, the gun was sandwiched between the early and largely experimental semi-autos of the late 19th Century such as the Borchardt C-93 and more advanced designs such as John Browning’s FN1900.
Our C96 currently in stock looks to be a wartime (as in World War I) commercial model with a serial number in the 300,000 range. (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com)
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Source: Guns.com