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
