The Long Barrel Bolo rare variant of the Mauser C/96 Broomhandle Pistol Note: This item sold in our shop in March 2017 to a private collector. In a previous post, we examined a very interesting and rare C/96 long barrel Bolo made in the immediate Post WWI era. In this post, we’ll be looking at an even more rare variant of the Broomhandle Long Barrel Bolo, one that was built from the start as a long barrel Bolo, without any hash marks on the barrel, and with a standard front sight. This gun is standard in all respects, except that it’s a full size upper matched with a Bolo sized lower. Mauser made a very small run of these in a tight serial number range, and very few have survived to appear on the market today. When contemplating purchase of one of these, be mindful that a full size upper assembly … Read More
Mauser C/96 Broomhandle Long Barrel “Hash Barrel” Bolo
Mauser Broomhandle Hash Barrel Bolo NOTE: This item sold in our shop in March 2017 to a private collector. The Mauser C/96 “Broomhandle” Pistol was made from 1896-1936, and is an incredibly fascinating pistol to collect, with an immense amount of variants made over its long production run. The pistol featured here was made in the immediate Post WWI era, and was made at a very chaotic time in German Arms production. Mausers from this time period may be “1920 reworks” (full size military pistols cut down to comply with the Treaty of Versailles), standard full size guns, standard Bolos, French Gendarmes (full size frame mounted with a Bolo upper, for a rumored French contract), or completely inexplicable variants such as this Long Barreled Bolo. Mauser took a C/96 upper, cut the barrel off, and then threaded a new 7.63mm barrel into the barrel extension. They then masked the area … Read More