Mauser C96 9mm Parabellum

Mauser C96 9mm Parabellum
Stripper clip charger of 7.63mm (left) and 9mm (right)
Mauser C96 7.63mm 1932 Parabellum Broomhandle
Mauser C96 7.63mm 1936 Westlinger-system model with 20 round magazine
Mauser C96 1915 1932 Broomhandle 1936
Caliber 9mm 7.63mm 7.63mm
Operation Recoil, Selective Recoil, Selective Recoil, Selective
Length, Overall 12.25 in 11.75 in
25.5in w/stock		 11.75 in
Barrel Length 5.50 in 5.63 in 5.63 in
Feed Device 10 round integral box 10 or 20 round, staggered row, detachable box 10 or 20 round, staggered row, detachable box
Sights, Front Blade Blade Blade
Sights, Rear Tangent leaf Tangent leaf Tangent leaf
Weight 2.75 lb (unloaded) 2.93 lb
3.93 lb w/stock 		2.93 lb
Muzzle Velocity 1425 fps 1575 fps 1575 fps
Ammo
Parabellum 		bullet 115gr, charge 6gr bullet 85gr, charge 8gr bullet 85gr, charge 8gr

Hand-made from fitted interlocking parts, the C96 broomhandle was never any nation's standard issue pistol but was a favorite sidearm around the world. Its effectiveness is measured in that popularity, the pistol being produced from 1896 to 1937, and was used in combat from the 1898 Sudan campaign through the Korean War.

When the last round has been ejected, the bolt will remain locked back, being held by the magazine follower. Because the bolt is being held back, you can neither easily nor safely load the magazine singly, but rather must reload by the 10-round stripper clip.

Its effectiveness also may be understood from relating its performance capabilities to the throes of chaotic close-range combat:

Semiautomatic, 10 round magazine, reloaded by a 10-round stripper clip, usable either as a pistol or carbine, firing an 85-grain bullet at 1,400 fps.



Operating Instructions

Disassembly


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A SOLDIER DIED TODAY

He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past.
Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.

And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,
All his Legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer, for a soldier died today.

He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife,
For he lived an ordinary and quite uneventful life.
Held a job and raised a family, quietly going his own way,
And the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell their whole life stories, from the time that they were young,
But the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land
A guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?

A politician's stipend and the style in which he lives
Are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives.
While the ordinary soldier, who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal and perhaps, a pension small.

It's so easy to forget them for it was so long ago,
That the old Bills of our Country went to battle, but we know
It was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom that our Country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,
Would you want a politician with his ever-shifting stand?
Or would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend
His home, his kin and Country and would fight until the end?

He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us we may need his like again.
For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline in a paper that would say,

Our Country is in mourning, for

 A SOLDIER DIED TODAY

© 1987 A. Lawrence Vaincourt


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