sold WWI GERMAN ARMY ISSUE MAUSER 1896/12 “BROOMHANDLE” PISTOL….. 7.63 m/m…..VERY SHARP

IN 96% ORIGINAL VERY SHARP CONDITION, WE HAVE A  MAUSER 1896/12  BROOMHANDLE  PISTOL IN 7.63 MAUSER.  THE PISTOL IS GERMAN MILITARY WW1 IMPERIAL PROOFED VERSION OF THE  FAMOUS C96 PISTOL. THIS PISTOL IS ALL MATCHING TO INCLUDE THE GRIPS AND THE BORE IS EXCELLENT.     THESE WERE WIDELY USED BY MACHINE GUN CREWS TO PROTECT THE GUNS AT CLOSE QUARTERS AND ALSO SAW USE BY STORM TROOPS.  IN THE DAYS BEFORE VIABLE SUBMACHINE GUNS THIS WAS THE CLOSE QUARTER WEAPON OF CHOICE.  WE DO NOT GET TOO MANY BROOMHANDLES IN BECAUSE MOST OF WHAT IS OUT THERE IS JUNK, ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE IN COLLECTIONS.  THESE ARE NOT COMMON GUNS AND THEY ARE MUCH RARER THAN MANY PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE THEY ARE USED TO SEEING THE SCORES OF RUSTY GUNS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN FROM CHINA IN YEARS PAST.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE A NICE EXAMPLE OF A WWI ISSUED MILITARY C96 THEN WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE, YOU JUST DON’T SEE THEM THIS NICE THAT OFTEN.  THIS IS A GREAT PIECE OF WWI HISTORY.