Welcome to at the moment’s Photo of the Day! Here we’ve a very neat scenario of necessity. This is a Mauser C96 Bolo pistol. The C96 Bolo actually got here to predominance after World War One when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919. To simplify, the treaty determined sure standards for German arms producers so far as their continued manufacturing of small arms. Most notably the barrels of handguns wanted to be shorter than 4 inches and the cartridges needed to be smaller than 9mm. Luckily for Mauser and their C96, it was not exhausting to proceed to supply the C96 in its 30 Mauser cartridge with a 3.9-inch barrel. “Pre-war” BOLO pistols did exist since barrel lengths might usually be adjusted in line with batch orders. It is broadly accepted that the “Bolo” time period is derived from its reputation with the Russian Bolsheviks.
“This is an excellent example of a post-World War I standard commercial C96 Mauser pistol, as manufactured circa 1920-1921, with the smaller bolo frame with small grips and small ring hammer, and shorter barrel with the banded front that has the fixed front sight blade with the adjustable rear sight graduated from 50-500 meters. The top of the chamber area is marked “WAFFENFABRIK/MAUSER/OBERNDORF A/N” with the serial quantity on the left of the chamber space. The two-line markings “WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER/OBERNDORF A. NECKAR” are on the suitable of the body, with “Germany” export marking on the left. All matching full and partial seen serial numbers together with the body, lock mechanism body, bolt, hammer, bolt cease, underside of the floorplate and grips. “crown/crown/U” proofs on the chamber and bolt, and the rear of the hammer has the right “NS” markings. Serrated walnut grips, with a lanyard loop and ring on the butt.”
Lot 1374: Post-Wwi Mauser C96 Bolo Commercial Broomhandle Pistol – Excellent Post-World War I Mauser C96 Bolo Commercial Broomhandle Pistol. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved January 25, 2023, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/87/1374/postwwi-mauser-c96-bolo-commercial-broomhandle-pistol.
