The Mauser C96 is nothing if not a collection of contradictions. First, it wasn’t designed by Paul Mauser. In fact, he didn’t even like the outsized pistol and attempted to forbid its development.

C96 “Broomhandle” 7.63 mm Mauser History & Specifications. Movie buffs will recognize the iconic “Broomhandle” Mauser as the template for the BlasTech DL-44 blaster that Han Solo uses in ...

Solo’s DL-44 does little to mask the fact that it is just a heavily modified German Mauser C96 pistol. The C96 was a semi-automatic pistol introduced at the turn of the 20 th century. With an ...

The Mauser C96 was cast by Ian Fleming as the sidearm of choice of the evil SMERSH agents in the original James Bond novels, and can be seen on screen in period dramas such as Peaky Blinders.

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[zvc] is slowly building up a library of 3D models, with nine available so far, from the Mauser C96 “Broomhandle” pistol to the modern M4 rifle. Except for springs and some fasteners, ...

JOEL KOLANDER: It starts off as a Mauser C96 broom handle. It's a standard issue sidearm of Germany in World War I. Like, with most surplus, it's either junked or sold cheaply to the populace at ...

Besides the Mauser C96 (aka ‘Broomhandle Mauser’), most everything is what you’d consider WWII standard stuff, including Gewehr 43, Sturmgewehr 44, Colt 1911, M3 submachine gun (aka ...

Mauser produced some one million of the C96 pistols from 1896 to 1937, but untold numbers—possibly in the millions—were produced in China and Spain.

Mauser's exotic C96 is often called the Broomhandle because of the distinctively shape of the butt. It is a very strong, recoil-operated auto that is laid out a lot differently that most other autos.

C96 “Broomhandle” 7.63 mm Mauser History & Specifications. Movie buffs will recognize the iconic “Broomhandle” Mauser as the template for the BlasTech DL-44 blaster that Han Solo uses in ...