Welcome to at the moment’s Photo of the Day! Here we now have the short-lived “large ring” Mauser C96. These sought-after specimens second solely to the Cone Hammer C96 are thought of to be transitional fashions. They come at a time when Mauser was making in-line enhancements and simplifications with out designating a complete new variation. They popped up roughly round 1900 and had been just about passed by 1904 or 1905. They had a really apparent and obnoxious giant ring on the hammer which might later get replaced by a a lot smaller ring that grew to become an accepted commonplace. These fashions are additionally decipherable by trying on the extractor since they at all times had the old-school longer model.
“Blade front and 500-yard tangent rear sights, with the Mauser address on top of the chamber, a small Ulm “antler” stamp on the appropriate aspect of the chamber reverse a “crown/crown/U” proof, and matching full and partial numbers on the rear sight, bolt, hammer, floorplate and body. The sides of the body are deeply milled, with a set of “MW” monogrammed checkered grips and a lanyard ring on the butt.”
Lot 3364: Mauser 1896 Large Ring Transitional Broomhandle – Mauser Model 1896 Large Ring Transitional Broomhandle Semi-Automatic Pistol. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved January 25, 2023, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/69/3364/mauser-1896-large-ring-transitional-broomhandle.
