Pfffftt, when someone on the side of the road has a booth selling C96's; and your classmates buy a fake when you don't, it'll all be worth it. Probably.

Mine is about Requirements analysis in software engineering. So not quite it. But authenticating a user could be a requirement for software, so maybe.

@@jort93z LOL "Does the user's internal serial numbers match?"

@@rucker69 I mean, pretty much lol. Better than nothing. We recently made a prototype and authentification was not a requirement, so in that system you can get data of any user from the database without any authentification. We started working on it like a week before it was due to be fair.

If someone is selling them on the side of the road, they will all be fakes... Or stolen! 😅

Kektus you never know one day you might. I have no use for this firearm and I’m not much of a collector but I do love history of firearms especially when it comes to firearms used in war. For me if I’m not going to use it I don’t need it.

I couldn't even afford the fakest C96 - unless it's like a plastic miniature :D Mmmmmh. Are there miniature plastic model kits of historical guns like those of tanks and planes? That would actually be something cool to collect!

I don't know, if that bad one is only about $500 I would buy it in a heartbeat!

@@Trigger50AE is it the mag limitations that make it no use to you as these were Also avaliable in common 9mm ammo

Omar Torres no they are just impractical to carry and they aren’t as accurate as modern firearms

Yea now I can give these details to the Pakistani gun makers in Khyber pass and get an Authentic C96 replica

@Blake Ubersox Khyber pass makes good shit. Ian has a whole video on it

At least neither of these two is a belgian Mauser from Brownings Brownings Brownings.

@@HappyBeezerStudios idk if either of these are real, I don't see any BELGIQUE BELGIQUE BELGIQUE on them

Yes, personally I really liked the bolt-stop on the fake.

ya i mean if a 100+ year old gun needs parts, it shouldn't deter people from fixing it and making it functional. they just need to make sure to sell it on its merits and history not its rarity

I really really want a Chinese rip off, in .45, something just awesome about it in .45.

I would like to know what makes it safe or unsafe to shoot.

@@AsbestosMuffins yeah but sadly lots of people will lie to your face and try to get the most money they can. Maybe because they got screwed on it and want to make their money back or just think they are rising the value of the gun by "restoring" it. About 8 years ago I learned that gun shows can be the worst places to buy guns. People would get real defensive and rude about the firearms they have for sale once you ask too many questions or point something out. Especially if you are a young person.

What country?

@@Poopooslinger England

(Looks at homemade Glock 26 on hip) I feel for you blokes!

Feel so bad for Brits.

The C96 didn't make the "Heritage Arm" exemption?

OwO

Well then

lmfao your fruity !

"do you have a mauser in your pocket or are just happy to see me?"

Joe Maks his fruity is what?

Imagine how cool that would be Ian and Mark travelling around america, and people bring them strange guns :)

That would be fantastic.

Many of the guns on here are far from antique but an antique road/gun show might make for a good show.

(seriously though, surely the ATF does not run a mauser historical verification service)

Generally if the pistol is original, it doesn't matter if the stock is a fake or replacement. However, as I said in another comment, if the pistol has had the receiver replaced, as my semi-auto converted Model 712 has, then it cannot legally mount a stock of any kind. That's my understanding from the last time I read up on the rules, assuming they haven't had a 'change of opinion' recently.

@@USSEnterpriseA1701 i honestly doubt in the case of C96 pistols they particularly care. These are relics of 100 years time, the newest one made is 83 years old.

@@therideneverends1697 No, given how nit-pick-y the ATF has been of late, I'd bet they'd jump on you in a heartbeat for the tiniest perceived infraction. To them, that new grip frame made in the 1980's IS the gun, and therefore it is not in fact 80 years old, not that age matters to them all that much. Don't forget, the 130-ish year old early Maxim machine guns are still just as heavily regulated as a 1980's automatic conversion of (insert cool 80's semi-auto version of a full auto gun here) for the most part. I'd rather not draw the ire of them in this case, preferring to try and get change to happen through the legal processes, if possible. I've heard of a supposed saying by the ATF, 'once a machinegun, always a machinegun', no idea if they actually say that or not, but if that's the kind of mentality they choose to go with, then I'm not about to see if they consider my converted 712 an SBR if I try and stick the stock on it.

TheFanatical1 most people won't get "that shoot your dog" joke lmao I did I'm dying here

I’m a bit of a watch guy, I buy and sell them a lot and it’s paid my daughters uni costs….and you’re bang on the money there. There’s a very fine line between being polished not quite enough, and polished too much. It can give the game away easily if you know what to look for. I saw a 70’s Rolex Oyster Perpetual at a highly regarded dealer, it was a little bit special and I considered buying it, as it was still about 10% below what it was worth. The documents stood up, the authenticity was affirmed, but I was very sus about the bezel and the band claw, the polish looked 100% perfect, but when the rest of the was 75% perfect. The grain looked off too. It turns out after some digging that it was badly damaged after falling off the wrist of the owner, and it was repaired and polished. The difference could have passed most people by. Even my wife couldn’t see it. I could have made a pricey mistake! I also saw a Grand Seiko that was stunning, but had a previous frame repair that was just subtle enough that no one had spotted it. The polish was too good, the polishing direction was off and they over softened the edges. A no from me! I will often buy a watch that’s had some action and been repaired, if the price corresponds to that and/or if the repair is disclosed. The problem is that they often don’t!

Only if the seller knows that it's a less than authentic one. I've been in a room when a guy was trying to tell a seller that an antique gun wasn't 100%. I don't know who was right, but I thought the two guys were going to punch each other.

@@Odin029 I had one back in the 80s I wish I had kept it.

@@Odin029 Scammy antique sellers should be exiled in the same remote island as scammy automobile sellers. I am sick and tired of boomers selling broken or bubba-ed weapons and millitaria as if they are museum quality pieces

Exactly what I was thinking. A gun with newer/replacement parts (which probably means better functional condition) that's also cheaper? Yes please!

@@BleedingUranium In many cases you have to replace the springs, bolt stop etc. or even have a new barrel sleeve installed in case of shot-out bores. I've done that with two Broomhandles, and now they are safe, functional and look awesome! The shoulder stock is also indispensable - C96 with a stock is specifically exempt from NFA as are a few other stocked pistols if in their original configuration.

I agree. My P.08 is not a museum piece so I'm not scared to shoot it or forget to clean it for a while.

You can get some very shootable Chinese copies for pennies. As you say Who cares. Does it go bang and put rounds where I want them?

Jersey Mike's Rail Videos I was just thinking exactly the same thing.👍🏻

Yep, I find myself in the same place, I wouldn't want an unshootable safe queen, I want to be able to use everything I own!

Lol $600?

My Man!

That would be the shooters, rather then the Glocks. Glocks are plenty accurate.

@@Agentcoolguy1 not really. a good marksman can get the most out of a pistol that 'shoots a sloppy group' (like glocks do) but a fair marksman can get the same result with a pistol that shoots a 'tight group' (like a mauser) .... its ok if you like glocks. they are a fine pistol, but I have never met one that I liked, they dont fit my hand the way my H&K does. plain and simple and thats my only real complaint, aside from the big groups.but that could just be me. or it could be the extra clearance they have so people can bathe them in mud and gunk to show off how durable a glock is.

Where did you find the wall

@@tadeuszbanku2329 the guy bought a house in Baltimore, not long before one of the times Baltimore flooded. So, the basement needed to be gutted and re-done. First wall a contractor sunk a hammer into, out came piles and piles and piles and PILES of old guns, dating from the 1860s to the 1960s. .38 revolvers of every description, Lugers and 1911s from both world wars, some rare-ish European target pistols, 15 mint-condition Thompsons, some MP40s, and so on. Being Baltimore, sadly, the NFA stuff all got jumped on...but the rest? It all wound up in a gun shop I used to hang out in. Anything that was on the lower layers of the pile was gun-shaped coral, anything near the top was pristine, with the barrels all plugged with cosmoline-soaked cigarette butts. My Broomhandle was at the border between the two

@@mikehendon7327 sounds like an awesome find! Must have been like opening a treasure chest. Thanks for sharing that story with me, I appreciate it!:)

Ian actually owns a MAS38. I don't know if it's working or not at the moment but I know he owns one.

A german vs french weapon match. MAS 38 & M1935A vs MP38 & C96 Maybe even add some italian MAB 38 and M1923

Not sure where the trademar/patent rights lie, but most likely with Rheinmetall, who own Mauser for a while and are still in the business. They even make new civilian M98

@@HappyBeezerStudios patent has definitely run out . The trademark maybe not .

@@nickdavis5420 They should do it then. So people can shoot their C96 without devaluating any old ones. Imagine a fully tacticool Mauser a century after it's original design.

Thats not weird at all my dude, a modern c96 would be awesome

Just slap some picatinny rails on it ig

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Isn't it ironic that in the 40's Finland would have given their left arm for more guns? When I read about countries in both world wars literally wanting anything that would shoot, as opposed to their stance now that guns are bad, it makes my head hurt.

If you look at a map pre world war two, finland looks like it actually gave it's left hand lol

It's a slight pain in the ass, but totally doable. I'm a Finnish guy in my early 20s and own a bunch of guns, both older and newer stuff. Just go to an SRA-course, join a suitable shooting/reservist club near you and get a gun. If you started the hobby right now, you could be owning ARs with regular magazines in a year and handguns in two years. After you're "in", you can get as many guns as you want. I considered a C96 but bought a Mauser-made Luger instead.

@@kurtbergh Hei! Do you ever see any Finnish contract C96s there? One of my books on the C96 says there were some made in 7.65mm Parabellum for Finland.

@@792x33 late answer but to my understanding there was no real C96 contract to Finland and definitely not in 7.65 para. We got mostly 9x19 C96 pistols from Germany during Finnish Independence War 1918. Number was around 2 000 after the war (and Finnish soldiers took many more home with them so they never made it to army depots). That's why C96 in 7,63 Mauser is much rarer in Finland unlike any other part of the world. Finland did order Lugers in 7.65 para from Germany during 1920's so author could have been mistaken? Finnish army considered Luger to be most modern and overall best service pistol at the time.

Probably my favorite mission in that game.

Because agent 47 is so ready for anything, that he has live 7.62 mauser ammo in his pocket at all times

@@therideneverends1697 lol

pretty much

"Fun" fact: they butchered an actual Red9 to make his prop gun

@@michael3556 And now it's dramatically more valuable and interesting, being Han Solo's gun.

He'd say "Hmm, I think mine has been refinished."

@@michael3556 Butchered? Btw i don't know if the video is still on youtube but there was a video of someones conversion of a Mauser to Han Solo's gun, looked amazing

@Apsorrus von Lötzing Your generation? Yours? Hope to God you don't mean millennials Nope The point of my post?, to show someone that thought the gun was butchered that it wasn't, (repurposed, maybe,) That i need to explain this? YOUR generation

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I've heard that Gun Jesus can turn Hoppes gun oil into scotch.

@@michaeldriggers7681 This is heresy and disgraceful misinformation. What he CAN do is turn the scotch into Hoppe's gun oil.

@@MrRyumarumy mistake! I was misinformed, Gun Jesus forgive me! I will say 10 "hail Mausers" and 10 "our Lord John Moses Brownings" Gun Jesus be with you.

@@michaeldriggers7681 Well said. Glad you came around or Gun Jesus would've greeted you with his holy Trinity. May your future be free of misfires.

So i suppose the radioactive things can't permeate after the gun has been made?

@@thesturm8686 That's actually a real interesting question I didn't consider. I'm not in nuclear physics but I'd *suspect* that most gun furniture has varnish/poly/whatever on it that eliminates the permeabiliy. That's just based on my limited work with wood. I skimmed around the internets and it seems that they also end up doing a C12-C14 analysis for age, along with Tritium samples.that for full confirmability. (You'd use something like a hypodermic needle to core sample out two depths and compare the decay numbers). I guess if the levels match up between those 4 (probably more, if you're doing an assay, you're probably going all-out) you either have an authentic piece or a fantastic forger (in that case, take my money, brother, you worked hard for it haha)

There are models from China that are just now being imported that can be found for under $400 but they are usually So Worn Out and Abused (To the point of not being safe to shoot) that no one would be even slightly concerned about having some Star Wars fanboy converting it into a Han Solo Blaster.

World Traveler Got a link for them? Because the only ones that got imported that I’m aware of where back in the 80’s before the import ban.

@@worldtraveler930 If you want to make a Star Wars blaster, it's more cost efficient to start with one of the really good Airsoft or BB reproductions you can buy brand new for about $100. I've got the M712 replica in .177 that looks and feels in the hand just like an original (aside from the fact that it's parkerized instead of blued.) It even functions and disassembles pretty much like an original, aside from the fact that it's CO2 powered and shoots BBs. That fact alone makes it so much easier to own than an original Schnellfeuer, and it's a complete giggle to unload a full magazine in full auto. (Caveat: it takes a month of Sundays to load the damn thing.) But like I said, if you want to pretend to be Han Solo and build yourself a movie replica, there are cheaper ways to go about it without destroying a piece of history.

@@baneofbanes Just Keep an eye on Gunbroker they pop up every couple of weeks but now most of the Chinese purchased Mauser's that are finding their way back into the States are extremely used and abused as would be expected considering their history.

@@tarmaque I feel that It's better to have saved a pistol that's So worn out and abused that it has become totally useless and destined to be scrapped by an Oxygen Acetylene Torch.

7.63 .... not 7.65

Most of those are probably still in circulation in Ireland.

The Full Irish GK Would be pretty hard to get a bunch of guns smuggled to Ireland smuggled back to the US.

Howth gun-running is a interesting story in itself. It's cool how the rebels got the guns into their hands

@@paalaasengstubbrud3524 sent over by rich american irish cause symathisers, used to kill alot of innocent people. Not cool by any means. Same as the thompson smg, armalites etc

@@happyguy5025 rounds way to hard to come by to be used in "circulation"