Trunk Find WWI Mauser C96 Broomhandle Pistol

[itallianPith]

Trunk Find WWI Mauser C96 Broomhandle Pistol. Found this, it looks like it was stripped made by WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF A. NECKAR. Looks like a lot of parts have been taken off. I think this is a pre war commercial?

I was wondering if there is any value to a C96 pistol that is pretty much just a shell?

[itallianPith]

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[AndyB]

1920 stamps speaks for official Weimar period armed corps used.b.r.Andy

[Douglas Jr.]

What's the caliber?
The serial number and the 50-500 meters adjustable rear sight indicates it is what is left of a Red Nine.
Are you planning to sell it?
Douglas

[bmg17a1]

All internal parts, grip panels, magazine spring, follower and floor plate are available to restore that frame to shooting condition so you do have that option depending on the legalities where you live.
You can find them on www.gunbroker.com, a US firearms auction site, under the search heading of "Broomhandle" on the search page.

[Alan Smith]

Looks like what is left of a WWI German military procured and issued "Broomhandle" pistol, that remained in Germany post-WWI and was marked with the German army "1920" property marking (so as to denote it as being government owned).

When I was a kid I would have loved to have this as a project . . . . I would have had hours of fun tracking down the parts to restore it; doing odd-jobs to earn the funds necessary for the restoration; etc.

Nice item and for not too much $$$ you should be able to track down the parts needed to return it to operational status.

[james m]

I'm going to politely disagree here purely from an economic perspective. What's left appears to be in soso condition. By the time the rest of the parts are rounded up and it is put into shooting condition you'll have a mixed numbers example which will probably not be worth more than the sum of it's parts. It also may not be readily apparent but when a pistol is scrapped out to this extent it's usually for a good reason.
IMO re-assembly would only make sense to someone who already has C96 parts on hand and the skill to re-construct it properly. I've personally learned this lesson the hard way over the years.
Jim

[itallianPith]

Very odd I wonder why he had this in his trunk if its post war Wiemar period

What's the caliber?
The serial number and the 50-500 meters adjustable rear sight indicates it is what is left of a Red Nine.
Are you planning to sell it?
Douglas

7.63 Mauser I think. Not sure I don't really know much about German pistols.

Yes, I just don't know what its worth has a glorified paperweight with out its internal parts

[leaftree]

Parts...

I'm going to politely disagree here purely from an economic perspective. What's left appears to be in soso condition. By the time the rest of the parts are rounded up and it is put into shooting condition you'll have a mixed numbers example which will probably not be worth more than the sum of it's parts. It also may not be readily apparent but when a pistol is scrapped out to this extent it's usually for a good reason.
IMO re-assembly would only make sense to someone who already has C96 parts on hand and the skill to re-construct it properly. I've personally learned this lesson the hard way over the years.
Jim

That's sound advice.