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badshah0522 · Post by **badshah0522** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:24 am

Sanjay";p="42314 wrote:Jonah

This is not a Broomhandle hence not German cause that uses a charger for loading from top.
Could this be the Astra,which has a bottom feed and is full auto.know a bloke who has one.
The Astra variant comes with a high cap mag AFAIK 15 or 20 rounds.

Good piece to own,lucky guy

Sanjay this is the broomhandle u r talking about .It is one of our family member asset.hope u will like the pics.... Cheers

shahid · Post by **shahid** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:04 pm

What calibre and make is this blunderbuss ?

Looks like some stuff with which we drove the British away from India ! should be displayed in a National Independence museum with the owner of course being allowed to take it for shooting sessions.

Risala · Post by **Risala** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:15 pm

shahid";p="43671 wrote:What calibre and make is this blunderbuss ?

7.63 mm,Mauser C 96 aka Broomhandle.

Badshah,have seen quite a few,incl one in the family until it was sold sometime back

but none were as complete as this re with stock and original box etc,these are collectible,hang onto it and thanks for sharing

badshah0522 · Post by **badshah0522** » Mon May 12, 2008 3:35 pm

shahid";p="43671 wrote: What calibre and make is this blunderbuss ?

Looks like some stuff with which we drove the British away from India ! should be displayed in a National Independence museum with the owner of course being allowed to take it for shooting sessions.

Shahid bhai are u serious???????
HOw come u r not aware about it??

penpusher · Post by **penpusher** » Mon May 12, 2008 4:27 pm

Badshah,

The Mauser broom handle was manufactured in calibers other than 7.63

jonahpach · Post by **jonahpach** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:52 pm

Great specimen you've got there Badshah! Yes the mauser 'broomhandle' was also made in 9mm Luger. The 9mm can be easily distinguished as it has a inverted 9 carved into the wooden broomhandle. AFAIK the 'broomhandle' name came from the peculiar shape of the handle. The wooden stock had nothing to do with it being named thus.

Jonah

Post by **cottage cheese** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:58 pm

Heyyyy Badshah!,

Nice piece... Wish I could give it a go at the range.

....envy.

regards,
Cc

snIPer · Post by **snIPer** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:32 pm

This is real nice.

penpusher · Post by **penpusher** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:36 pm

The pistol has a fair amount of rust spots.The holster/butt is in better condition than most that I have seen.The box seems to be a later addition.Locally made perhaps?

shahid · Post by **shahid** » Tue May 13, 2008 12:04 am

badshah0522";p="43682 wrote:
shahid";p="43671 wrote: What calibre and make is this blunderbuss ?

Looks like some stuff with which we drove the British away from India ! should be displayed in a National Independence museum with the owner of course being allowed to take it for shooting sessions.
Shahid bhai are u serious???????
HOw come u r not aware about it??

Because t Magazine appears to be different from the 30 Mauser, ( 7.62 mm ) that's why I asked which calibre and maker referred to is it an Austrian / Hungarian derivative or Mauser ?

Post by **cottage cheese** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:34 am

shahid";p="43708 wrote: Because t Magazine appears to be different from the 30 Mauser, ( 7.62 mm ) that's why I asked which calibre and maker referred to is it an Austrian / Hungarian derivative or Mauser ?

But Shahid,

The magazine housing is standard Mauser C96 fare.

Any other magazine arrangement, on the other hand would provoke a questioning mind.... but not this.

The one Jonah was handling(Extended detachable type) was less common...most of the time they were lumped together with full auto Mausers (Schnellfeuer)... in 9mm and 7.63 or 7.65

Badshah's Mauser is regular stuff... but no less impressive!

regards,
cc

badshah0522 · Post by **badshah0522** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:38 am

Thanks a lot every one.

CC i wish i could offer you to test fire but at present it is in Safe custody ,once it will be out it is always there for u ppl.
The pistol condition is not the worst as it is visible from exterior because it is in custody since long time ,so no maintenence,whenever i visit the shop i do it my self .

Post by **eljefe** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:53 am

Badshah, thats a real treasure! and it could do with some gentle restoraton...not too much! what a beut! take good care of it
best
Axx

badshah0522 · Post by **badshah0522** » Tue May 13, 2008 12:00 pm

Thanks Asif.

eljefe";p="43734 wrote: Badshah, thats a real treasure! and it could do with some gentle restoraton...not too much! what a beut! take good care of it
best
Axx

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