Holy s**tness!! It exists!

[strokesdmb]

Thats sweet. Do they make a quad rail for it?

[ccandgc]

Not as pretty, but here's mine.....

[CK_32]

The ugliest gun in the world...?

[ogarcia_02]

But where does the red dot and laser go?

[monk]

But where does the red dot and laser go?

Forget that, what about the rails? Where the hell so I put my Harris bipd, Grippod, green and red laser, dual 300lumen tac lights each with their own lasers, and IR designator? May as well use a rock.

[Quiet]

Wouldn't some of the earliest c96's be antique? The conehammers were in active production in 1897 and 1898. (I don't have the transition date for the large ring hammer handy at the moment.)

Yes, I did not mention them eariler because they are rare (I've seen more Borchardts, than antique Mauser C96).

Mauser C96 that were made before 01-01-1899 are considered antiques. [18 USC 921 (a)(16)(A)]

A Mauser C96 made before 01-01-1899 would be exempt from CA's assault weapons laws and it can legally have a shoulder stock attached to it while in CA.

Good luck finding one.



18 USC 921
(a) As used in this chapter—
(16) The term “antique firearm” means—
(A) any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; or
(B) any replica of any firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica—
(i) is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or
(ii) uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade; or
(C) any muzzle loading rifle, muzzle loading shotgun, or muzzle loading pistol, which is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed ammunition. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “antique firearm” shall not include any weapon which incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof.

[beerman]

I ran across a mint example at the Old Pomonashow 20 years back,I believe the guy wanted 10K for it (came with all the goodies)...too bad as I was 9k short

[king_rhoton]

A Mauser C96 made before 01-01-1898 would be exempt from CA's assault weapons laws and it can legally have a shoulder stock attached to it while in CA.

18 USC 921

Just to be pedantic, the cut-off date should be "before 01-01-1899" since "manufactured **in** 1898" still qualifies as antique. I just doubled the number of antique broomhandles!

[Quiet]

Just to be pedantic, the cut-off date should be "before 01-01-1899" since "manufactured **in** 1898" still qualifies as antique. I just doubled the number of antique broomhandles!

You are correct, I'll edit.

[nightwolf0215]

Not as pretty, but here's mine.....

Still freaking cool to have. How much one of these in this condition would run us in today's time?

And the C96 has early produced ones that are antiques? :-0 Hunting time is on.

[InGrAM]

You can really tell who the children are just by reading some of the posts in this thread.

[glockwise2000]

That's a really nice piece. I wish I had the money for antiques. It's a piece of history.

[ccandgc]

I had this one appraised several years ago....about $4,500. This one came back with my grandfather during a trip to France and Belgium in '44.

[nightwolf0215]

I had this one appraised several years ago....about $4,500. This one came back with my grandfather during a trip to France and Belgium in '44.

Thats a big difference from the $55k on the other piece. It just feels very hard to put a price on the pieces that appears just once in a while. If you ever decide to let this heirloom goes, let me know.

[mosinnagantm9130]

I had this one appraised several years ago....about $4,500. This one came back with my grandfather during a trip to France and Belgium in '44.

Seems a tad low to me. Yours isn't in the best shape ever, but they are very very rare...