Just Too Powerful: The C96 in 9mm Mauser Export

[@FutureKarkat]

"Too powerful? 9mm isn't so bad" "This is 9x25mm mauser export-" "*oh*"

[@johnegan7622]

Like beer. Export beer nearly always containing a higher percentage alcohol.

[@aaronleverton4221]

@@johnegan7622 Maybe in your country. In my experience Export contained up to 20% less ABV and 90% less taste.

[@lobotomite5615]

@@johnegan7622 honestly the experience with exported drinks for me is mostly good, although i was drinking mexican coca cola, which is not alcoholic, although my body would crumble harder then if i was shot by the gun in this video just from drinking a beer because i'm on meds that supress my urges to destroy the nearest building with all the construction equipment my dad keeps in the warehouse. or maybe i should just stop living in my dad's warehouse i dunno TLDR i club baby seals

[@mp40submachinegun81]

@@BloopTube 357 mag wasnt invented yet when these were made.

[@dphalanx7465]

Got a case like a 9mm WinMag and a kick just short of a .357. Used in Swiss and Hungarian SMGs.

[@34monkeygrits]

My favorite part of C96s are the flat sides where you can see the old tooling machine marks. Idk why but the swirls of where the machining was done just mesmerize me.

[@roflchopter11]

It is beautiful. I wonder how they made the curved pocket wall without CNC

[@MrChillerNo1]

@@roflchopter11 by hand, eye and lots of experience.

[@JPR3D]

An extremely rare version of a highly collectible pistol, and yet it's not at the legendary Fireplace Guy's house.

[@tswan62]

*yet...

[@Insanabiliter_In_Linea]

Honestly thank god it isn't, with every new video of their collection I start to question whether I've ever actually seen a pistol older than 1980 before, or if they just own them all and I've been hallucinating them at gun shows as a coping mechanism.

[@Proriin]

Who is this guy?

[@JimYeats]

@@Proriin Unknown. All that is known is that he - or she - have a vast collection of rare firearms, and also have a fairly hideous 80’s/90’s fireplace.

[@RahamaLaham]

"Ahh... A choice of an avid gun collector. It's a nice gun Stranger."

[@Messiahbolical5]

The RED 9

[@TragicTester034]

@@Messiahbolical5 which was 9x19mm not 9x25mm

[@nonamernobrainer846]

What?

[@Messiahbolical5]

Its a resident evil 4 reference, bud.

[@chudrustler]

Hahaha I’ll buy it at a high price

[@cameronmccreary4758]

I was at a pistol range in the 1970s and though I didn't see this caliber being fired; a man was shooting an 8.15 mm Mauser pistol. I kept a couple of the empty cases as the man didn't reload because the cases were Berdan primed. One could see the difference in size and they had DWM numbers on the base of he cartridge. The pistol made the same boom sounds that the 7.63 mm made and accuracy was so, so.

[@m.j.mahoney8905]

Well, there are a lot of people who don't believe that the 8.15 mm Mauser exists, so if you can photograph the cases you might just settle a long-standing argument!

[@cameronmccreary4758]

@@m.j.mahoney8905 I "had" the cases but they went when my firearms collection was stolen back in the 1990s. I haven't seen the cases turn up anywhere. The headstamp on the cases had a number in the 400 range besides DWM.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Why does old blued steel such as found in Mausers always look so much more beautiful than steel of today?

[@petermuller9940]

I own Colt Diamondback from the 70th .... the blueing is also a dream. I think, it’s just a question of time, equal money, the producer is willing to invest in the production

[@audikid89]

Because bluing is beautiful and today everything is shiterized or shittrided

[@LUR1FAX]

I guess there might be more cost-effective finishes to apply to steel now.

[@Joshua_N-A]

More weight, less ammo vs less weight, more ammo

[@joet.s.6283]

@@waxdood Sole Survivor, is that you? I hope so, another Settlement needs your help.

[@sarjim4381]

The kind of gun you prowl around pawn shops looking for in hopes someone's grandfather left one behind.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Did that for a while before i got mine, ended up going online and way over paying but i needed to have one. Mines originally in 7.63 converted to 9mm Parabellum

[@sarjim4381]

@@mp40submachinegun81 Why did you "need" to have one? Or was that same as you "wanted" to have one?

[@mp40submachinegun81]

@@sarjim4381 needed it for my collection, and they are super fun to shoot.

[@sarjim4381]

@@mp40submachinegun81 Okay, so you wanted it, and you were willing to pay the price to get it. Nothing wrong with that, but you have to admit that's different than "needing" it.

[@zombieranger3410]

@@sarjim4381 when you say “prowl” do you mean the act of stalking outside of pawn shops? I’m too confused to understand context.

[@charles-olivierdenis6633]

We're all saying that the russians always go "Ivan lets make AK shoot shotgun boolets" or "Ivan lets make AK shoot smol boolets" but here the Germans literally went "Hanz lets make C96 shoot *fat* boolets"

[@51WCDodge]

The guns used to assinate Czar Nicolas and family inclued a C96.

[@Tallmios]

Ah yes, die *dick* Geschosse.

[@Razgriz85]

@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine 7.62x25 Tokarev is the same dimensions as the 7.62x25 Mauser, but the Tokarev round is hotter. You can use the Mauser ammo in a Tokarev, but if you try to use the Tokarev ammo in the C96 Mauser, you'd blow it up.

[@TragicTester034]

@@Razgriz85 *7.63x25mm Mauser

[@pissingeverywhere]

Dietrich, I am developing eine Preferenz for... corpulence.

[@yop_cholo]

This is a type of video I love on this channel : a gun I'd love to have but realistically will never own. I'm therefore grateful for the detailed video about it.

[@PaulVerhoeven2]

If 9x19 Mousers are Red 9s, these should have this symbol: ☢️

[@chiphailstone589]

9 x 19mm shot through a 7,63x25 is a dangerous problem, hence the 'Red 9' on the pistol grips, but shooting a 9x19 or 7.63x25 through a 9x25 is no problem at all, safety wise.

[@LordTrashcanRulez]

​@@cheekibreeki904 Based pistol

[@denzilvenske6315]

I had one in South Africa, you actually had it in your hands during your SA visit, don't know why I never mentioned that it was 9X25. Serial number was 138265. I only managed to get about $2000 for it when sold off my collection before leaving South Africa.

[@amritpanda7947]

Mauser is so influential that every semi auto pistol in india is called Mauser(even in media sometimes).

[@51WCDodge]

I have a deep attachment to the C96. eevryone drolls over Lugers, but, how many toggle action pistols do you see today?

[@lobotomite5615]

neat

[@amritpanda7947]

@@51WCDodge that's a pretty neat peace of art you got there

[@Xx_Order66Executioner_xX]

Han solos blaster was based off of a mauser c96

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

Like how every rifle is an assault rifle in America

[@Abby_Normal_1969]

The 9mm Mauser export had been intriguing for me for years.

[@Joshua_N-A]

Imagine a modern one. That case is longer than the Largo.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

It’s in fallout new Vegas and 3 if you’re wondering. But it’s labelled as a Chinese replica.

[@LN997-i8x]

@@Joshua_N-A 9x23mm Winchester is fairly similar

[@foreign_affairs]

You're not the only one! I wonder about the circumstances that led to the use of it in several SMGs.

[@kaputtnik5737]

It's weird hearing Ian say "RIA" instead of "Rock Island Auction Company" as he normally does.

[@presidentlouis-napoleonbon8889]

I thought I was the only guy who thought that way, but guess others thought the same, too.

[@RatRatRattyRatRat]

Agreed.

[@maceto_]

agreed

[@Frank_Nemo]

disagreed

[@noremorsewoodworking2258]

Let's just hope he never gets it wrong and say "I'm here at the IRA...."

[@earlmcmanus194]

Same velocity for both cartridges to reuse sights, that's some kraut bean-counting magic.

[@mr.international2778]

Effective against crazed cultists and mutated bio weapons alike!

[@daskampffredchen]

Or a cheap Chinese Knock-Off in Post Apokalyptic USA

[@jharju2352]

@@daskampffredchen It's almost sad how weak it is, too. Not even worth the caps, imo.

[@daskampffredchen]

@@jharju2352 Just a waste of 10mm. Its sad. I Love the look

[@WTF1wr1ownage]

Even just out of the vault it sucked ass

[@PXCharon]

I can't even guess how many ganados I've ended with this thing.

[@Martin_Then]

W. D. M. "Karamojo" Bell carried a C96 in 9x25mm during his expeditions. He named it Bom Bom.

[@User-1147]

This is the Dev-only C96 for BF1.

[@SpaetzleOperator]

I'm from Württemberg and now sad, that they didn't adopt it. 😅

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

Schwoba 💪🏻

[@nelsondinamarcoludovico3584]

The potential buyers would be shooters from South America and Africa

[@Grimhaunted]

the funny thing was, yesterday I was researching about 9mm Mauser export and had seen there was no Forgotten Weapons video on it. Well good timing Ian and thanks.

[@seanbordenkircher7854]

Such beautiful machining, those raw swirls milled out, the brush of the coating.

[@Thomas-lv9se]

3:03 your German is simply amazing! I am German and I also have some friends from the US and Britain - and none of them pronounce words as lovely as you do! Oh, the video is as interesting as always but your language use was something I wanted to mention :-)

[@adriankaill9413]

Why would a British person worry about speaking German...all Germans know the English for hands ✋ up and surrender...

[@petesheppard1709]

2:10...the holster appears to have done its job of protecting the pistol quite well! It's kind of surprising the 9x25 didn't have a resurrection in the '30s, as an option to the .38 Super and .357 Magnum

[@worldtraveler930]

That was my thoughts as well. 🤔

[@MandoWookie]

It kinda did, look up Ian's video on the Hungarian SMGs.

[@dphalanx7465]

Only in SMGs; the Swiss & Hungarians did several & Italy did a rare prototype--Armaguerra OM42. European armies didn't like really powerful calibers for their service pistols. 9mm Mauser *_Export_* was meant for the S.American & colonial Africa/Asia markets. Also, European civilians didn't like big, hip-carried pistols. A nice "What-If" would be the FN Grand Browning (a 7/8th size copy of the Colt1911) actually reaching production. It was originally chambered in 9.65mm Browning (slightly better than 38ACP), but it wouldn't take much tooling to make it shoot 9X25. Given the Mauser's ballistics are a rough match to 38Super, the Grand Browning would have handled it just fine.

[@petesheppard1709]

@@dphalanx7465 Thanks!

[@kevinoliver3083]

In 1939 Mauser offered a 9x25mm load that was equivalent contemporary .357 Remington Magnum. But, because of the War it never entered production.

[@ruinerblodsinn6648]

another beautiful thing that I will never see in real life

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

I have only ever seen an MP4 and a couple others, so you wouldn’t know the pain 😂 U.K. u.k.

[@nelsondinamarcoludovico3584]

Ruiner... It's very rare to find.. I bought one a long time ago, and received another from a client, like a gift... the last one in the original leather case... fantastic.

[@martinweber1618]

Und weidda?

[@ruinerblodsinn6648]

@@martinweber1618 wenns dir ned basst, da obne is der X baddne!

[@steinnbjorn7627]

Something that John Wick could use in the third movie against those armored clan soldiers, this round is relatively close to the 9mm major in terms of muzzle velocity

[@hunter35474]

I've watched enough Forgotten Weapons videos that I've stopped thinking of the Mauser C96 as just the prop weapon for the DL-44 blaster.

[@tomw.6511]

I believe over 150 were made as there are some examples in the 40XXX and 50XXX range in addition to the ones you mention. Photos of them are in the C96: Geschichte & Modelle series, Volume 2 by Kersten, Moll and Schmid. There's a very good article on the cartridge in March/April 2002 issue of the International Ammunition Association Journal by John Moss. I have some of the ammo, presumably of German or Austrian manufacture for the MP34s.

[@chanman819]

Looking at the MV/bullet weight numbers on the 9x25mm Mauser (126gr at 1360 ft/s), it actually looks quite similar to some .40 S&W loadings - just in a longer, slightly skinnier package

[@JQuaade1]

Even Ian knows the Hunt: Showdown meta aren't in a healthy place with that title.

[@Fox_on_a_Rollercoaster]

+1 and lmao. Didn't expect a Hunt: Showdown comment under that video lol.

[@Juel92]

Next week he'll find a full auto Mosin to do a video on.

[@MrTeklar]

@@Juel92 Rotating bolt design says no. The one place where the voodoo setting transcended into weapon design in Hunt: Showdown.

[@tykkor]

@@Juel92 He's got a video on the Huot, which is what the mosin avtomat in game is based on

[@guypierson5754]

@@ginch8300 Bro I understand the point you are making BUT: The Zombie Plague and giant spiders and bird people aren't really very true to life either, I can forgive there being C96's around the place, if I can forgive the players having Dark Sight able to track others thru walls :D

[@tomw.6511]

Germany was not a big user of the 9x25mm Mauser Export cartridge, but no less than four German companies (DWM, Gustav Genschow, Geco, RWS) made tons of this ammo in the late '30s and early '40s. It was produced in Austria, Hungary and Greece too. Apparently the Axis gave Greek security forces a bunch of MP34s in this caliber. It was also made commercially - I am assuming for the few C96s in this chambering - by Kynoch (UK), SFM (France) and Fiocchi (Italy) through the 50s/early 60s. The John Moss article in the IAA Journal has great info on this including illustrations of all the headstamps.

[@tomaspabon2484]

Oh wow i've been researching 9x25 mauser export for a while now and this video drops? Luckyyyyyyyy

[@joda8993]

I need to buy one its such a iconic Pistol

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Can’t tell you how much I want one, with a Luger aswell.

[@oscarbelmare_22]

I just love WW1 era German Equipment and this really takes the cake

[@brokenspine66]

It's Pre WWI era to be precise!

[@randykreps3519]

Thanks Ian! Always informative and entertaining and when its a C96 even more so! The only thing better is when you are able to shoot the firearm. Know that is not the case with this rarity! Keep up the excellent work!

[@Nico-nw8xh]

Just by coincedence Ian did one of my top 3 guns on my birthday and I'm loving it.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Happy birthday!

[@Atma_Weapon]

I'm seeing a few comments mentioning Resident Evil 4. I feel that I should correct these people. If I recall correctly, the Mauser shown in RE4 is identified as a Red9, which our beloved Gun Jesus has another video on. It should be noted that in that particular video, Ian tells us that the Red9 is chambered in 9x19 parabellum. This one, however, is not a 9x19 parabellum. Therefore, this weapon is unconfirmed in its effectiveness against bio-weapons and crazed cultists.

[@charlesphillips4575]

The sight bases may be the same, but the ranges engraved on the leaf are different. 4:55

[@ostiariusalpha]

They seem pretty closely matched till right towards the end. 9x25mm Mauser must be really slowing down by 1000m.

[@privatesecure3733]

You have a nice hobby and it is interesting also. R1 The standard rifle of the SA Army up to the 1980s. Its fore runner was the FAL (French: Fusil Automatique Léger, English: Light Automatic Rifle) is a battle rifle designed by Belgian small arms designer Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal. Do this 2 rifles sometime please. The R4 followed after 1980.

[@User_Un_Friendly]

Forgotten Weapons...delighting in the truly obscure and esoteric. 🤣. So I’m understanding it right, the 9x25mm was the 10mm of its time? 🤣

[@jorgennorrman4023]

Great guns !! My friends grandfather got one when he were about to join the finish army during the Finish winter war.

[@brotherpanda3626]

Love my C96

[@bingusbadingus9486]

I was just reading about this variant not even 5 minutes ago and then this video was uploaded. Thank you gun Jesus!

[@maxkronader5225]

Me before discovering Forgotten Weapons: I'm pretty knowledgeable about antique firearms. Me after discovering Forgotten Weapons: I'll just sit here quietly and take notes.

[@feynthefallen]

I love the C96. I fell in love with it during it's iconic appearance in Star Wars, and it became my favourite weapon. That is to say, I enjoyed the video immensely.

[@buserror9800]

That’s 2 ya owe me junior! ✌️

[@felsvx]

Ah yes, the RE-4 weapon lol

[@flightlesschicken7769]

Judging by how it was the highest damage (non magnum) pistol in the game, it's actually reasonable to say the 9mm it was in was 9x25 and not 9x19

[@flightlesschicken7769]

@@cheekibreeki904 I know it was named the Red 9, but perhaps someone just put grips on one of these. As for the ammo... RE is known to give 380 ACP and 9x19 guns the same ammo, lol

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

"Just too powerful" Resident Evil 4 players can confirm, Mauser 9mm is a wee bit OP.

[@blunderingfool]

Redtail is best tail.

[@slashes22]

Isn't it in 9mm Parabellum tho? I'm pretty sure it was.

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

@@slashes22 Yeah, but 9mm is 9mm

[@30cal23]

i always used the punisher and just herded a bunch of ganados into a line, worked pretty well unless that fucking uppity blonde was around, then id have to resort to my shotgun because holy fuck i am not trying to kill a group of 6 people at closeish range with any pistol unless its that .50 magnum you unlock for beating the mercenaries modes with s ranks

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

Have loved the C96 since I was a kid reading comics like Agent Corrigan, Modesty Blaise, Johnny Hazzard, The Phantom and so on. There were a few guns that occurred time and time again in these. Guns such as the 1911 and Browning Hi-Power were usually "hero" guns, while German and Chinese villain's tended to use Luger (often also called Parabellum) or Mauser C96, usually called "broom handle". Most of the time it was hard to see any difference between the automatic pistols in these series, except for the Luger and the Mauser, those were easy to distinguish and especially the Mauser looked so radically different it was easy to fixate on it. Things like calibers and ballistic performance weren't a big thing in these comics so to a kid it was all about visual impact, and both the Luger and the Mauser had that in spades.

[@janwitts2688]

The British make hand guns to give good stopping power at 20 to 30 feet.. the French are just happy if their gun discharges... Germans. . We will make this artillery piece with 1km ranging...

[@51WCDodge]

Winston Churchill famously used a C96 during the Boer War, lost it and was captured. When the film The Young Winston was made in 1972. They made a great play that the his gun had been found in South Africa and was purchased for the film.

[@johnfisk811]

@@51WCDodge Yes but he was supposed to buy a pistol that took service ammunition (naughty boy) and he used it when he had injured his shoulder so could not use his sword.

[@51WCDodge]

@@johnfisk811 He also claimed that if he'dused Army kit, he would be dead :-)

[@51WCDodge]

@@tacticalmattfoley It was as a War Correspondent, that Churchill went to South Africa. The C96 was private purchase. He had no official positon of the armoured train that was ambushed. He organised the withdrawl during which he was captured. He was in and out of the army at times though.

[@janwitts2688]

He woud have been killed on capture as he had 2 clips of dumdum ammo but the guy who saw him throw them away did not report him...

[@cascadianrangers728]

Oh my god, you can see how they milled out the recesses on the sides, is it just me or is that not absolutely jaw dropping beautiful?

[@HolisticHealthEducation]

These broom handle Mausers did actually see military action. Some were bought by the Boer republics in South Africa, when it became clear that Britain would invade, commencing the second Anglo- Boer war. In Pretoria, at the Fort Klapperkop, located near the Voortrekker monument, there is a statue of the famous reconnaissance soldier, Danie Theron. In this statue he is seen armed with both his Mauser K 98 as well as his Mauser broom handle pistol.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Churchill had one, too.

[@kevinoliver3083]

In the event, the South African Republic invaded Natal and the Cape Colony first. Hoping to achieve a decisive victory, overrunning the garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley before British reinforcements could arrive from India and the UK. Bad idea!

[@r1w3d]

Love German guns a lot and Im always happy to randomly see you review them with other epic guns that I might otherwise never see.

[@sharonrigs7999]

The cartridge conversion book I have says you can make 9x25 Mauser brass from 9mm Win Mag. I would if simply blowing out the neck on a 7.63 Mauser case would work? That how I make .410 brass from .303 British

[@krushet2015]

Ich hab morgen Geburtstag und habe mir für morgen die mauser bestellt, geil jetzt weiß ich noch mehr hintergrundwissen

[@andersjjensen]

Ian doesn't speak German. But Happy birthday and enjoy your new gun! :)

[@criticalGENERAL]

and now we just need a video on the Type 17 Pistol, the 45. ACP Chinese Broomhandle "knock-off" lol

[@greathoundlogan6000]

There's already one

[@frosty3693]

That cartridge would have been popular in the USPSA in the 1980s. I will have to look up the balistics on it a 9mm mag?

[@jamesquigley8628]

I always wanted one of these in any caliber. Quite spendy, but it must bre fun.

[@已己巳己-z6x]

It's a pretty fussy and finicky gun to shoot. Also, most of the examples you can get stateside have almost no rifling left. It's a beautifully-made gun, even moreso on the inside if you can believe that--but it's one that's best left unshot.

[@travispaden8569]

"There were some who judged a round solely off of bullet diameter" Boomer in the distance "two world warrsss!"

[@Monster11B]

Yep

[@charles-olivierdenis6633]

*MUH STOPPING POWAH*

[@boomerisadog3899]

.45AARP

[@leflavius_nl5370]

"and 'Nam!!!!"

[@5starstunna428]

.45 is just too good to not respect.

[@jamesallred460]

Whoah, I dunno if I've ever been this early. God I love the look of these guns.

[@TedMan55]

also unusually early for me, we have something in common. let’s get married

[@c1ph3rpunk]

@@TedMan55 damn. Beat me to it.

[@mr.l4770]

@@c1ph3rpunk same

[@TedMan55]

@@c1ph3rpunk back off lads, i called dibs on james

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Look space age, before space age even happened.

[@okthen2254]

I’m a simple man. I see Mauser, I click. (Or press when I’m on mobile.)

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Or pull when I'm on the range. Oh, wait! D:

[@taggartlawfirm]

I have read that some of the 9x25 C96 mausers were marked on the grips w a “9” with no coloring, as opposed to the “red nine.”

[@amcconnell6730]

The Han Solo DL-44 blaster!!

[@robertrobert7924]

Love when you find these definitely forgotten weapons and prototypes.

[@keithallardice6139]

Once more, blessed be the followers of Gun Jesus, for by his words shall they learn and yea, verily, his words shall set them free from ignorance ... in other words, I'd never even heard of 9mm Mauser Export! I've honestly learnt so much from this channel over the years - grateful, I am ;-)

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

When a pistol can be a rifle while still also being a great pistol.

[@flightlesschicken7769]

Well great fir it's time. The C96 is cool AF but definitely obsolescent once the P08 and especially the 1911 came on the market

[@johnsheppard1476]

@@flightlesschicken7769 lol,are you serious bro?What did you smoke to even suggest that?O_o Neither the luger with it's laughably short barrel and reliability below any reasonable level even for it's time and range of effective fire like 20 yards maximum plus 8rd magazine nor the 1911 with it's bullet slower than a rock that you throw and 7 rocks..Okay,"rounds" in it's magazine both just aren't even close to the performance of C-96!FFS you have 320 meters per second with a 8.1 gram bullet at the muzzle for luger and 450 meters per second with the same bullet in a 9×25 Mauser C-96 that holds 10 or optionally 20 rounds:dude!Where is the luger better here?It sucks!

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

@@johnsheppard1476 Yes, the schnellfeuer with a stock and long barrel was a pretty viable first generation SMG, though its cost of manjfacture was higher than reasonable.

[@johnsheppard1476]

@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 although in Schnellfeuer they unfortunately didn't solve the problem with the rate of fire exceeding 1200 rounds per minute so I doubt that basically any full auto handgun is going to have any practical advantages due to their very high RPM..Yet back to C-96 it's a great gun anyway just because of it's superior accuracy and power so I really completely understand some people who choose C-96 as their EDC even today!It's still one of the best auto loaders currently existing on the market and won't be a bad choice even in 2021!

[@alexanderm3504]

Got some rare things on sale strangah Hehehehe Thank you!!

[@kyleb1958]

"Not enough cash, stranger!"

[@Smokey_Crow]

The Mauser always looks great.

[@DindoNuffin-e2x]

Never knew it existed. Yes, I learned something new. Thanks!

[@anthonydixon3020]

The weapon of choice for the greatest 2 doormen in British history- max and paddy

[@M0butu]

The Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Maschinenbau Co. (where this gun was assembled according to stamp) filed for bankrupcy in Feb 2021. They weren't producing firearms for a long time now, but still... RIP.

[@ihave11consoles9]

I would love to see you as a playable character in a call of duty game

[@Floridablaze97]

I remember one time I was surrounded by Spanish cult members in a house. A guy I had met the day before and I only had a pair of these guns to bet our life on. 10/10, would highly recommend using it with a stock for better aiming.

[@hukaman88]

Did the girl you had to save have a nice green skirt and nice "ballistics"

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

Not to be a kill joy or anything but that was specifically a Red-9, i.e. not this gun.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

You didn't happen to see an Asian women in a red dress?

[@Gunbudder]

The Mauser and single action army always make me think of Metal Gear Solid 3. Eva uses a Chinese Mauser C96 on full auto, and uses the technique where you hold the gun sideways and let the recoil sweep your aim in an arc. Ocelot uses various SAA's in the game, including an SAA with a stock at one point. The main character, Snake, gives Ocelot crap for having a SAA with engravings at one point (which always makes me chuckle). The creator of MGS3 is a gun nut, and he put a lot of gun nerd info into the game. My great grandpa owned a 1911A1 that had the same modifications described in the game, with the exception of keeping the normal grips. He machined his own barrel busing that was extremely well fit, increased the barrel length by 1 inch, and polished the feed ramp to a mirror finish. I inherited the gun, and it always makes me think of MGS3. Eventually i will get a SAA and Mauser to complete my collection. For those curious, the 1911A1 was issued, and its serial number puts it in the last batch of 1911's manufactured for use in WWII. It was used in germany and made its back to the US.

[@tnekkc]

I have converted a number of 9x19 Tokarev barrels to 9x23 Win. As I have Star Super B pistols from 9x19 to 9x23. My C96 Mauser in 7.63, I bought to prove it could take loads that blow up a CZ52. Unfortunately, my C96 has a poor firing pin to firing pin hole fit, and pierces primer right at the blow up load for CZ52. And piercing primers just makes the fit worse. I paid $180 for my C96 in 2003, and any part of fixing it up would cost more than that.

[@satusamu]

My grandpa had ein, but my uncle "stole" it from him. I still have some original ammo from ww2 era.

[@benburgess9428]

9x25 as a SMG cartridge? Pal Kiraly says hi!

[@chrisbrent7487]

If you needed 9x25 cases you could fire form them by firing 7.63x25 ammo out of the 9mm pistol though it probably wouldn't be good with such a rare item.

[@alanvonify]

Mauser export, sounds like a tasty beer?

[@brittakriep2938]

There was formerly, perhaps 20 years ago, the ,Graf Eder' brewery at Oberndorf.

[@JustanOlGuy]

GoodGuy Ian always looking out for the faithful ,look for the divot...

[@antonianon]

I always seen C96 pistols in full auto but I always wondered if there was ever a full auto Carbine variant

[@brotherpanda3626]

In dreams

[@792x33]

Yes, the stock was indispensable for the fun switch Schnellfeuer model. However, they didn't have a wooden foregrip like the actual C96 carbines, which were not full auto.

[@dentedskull6762]

Been waiting for this, yessss

[@davidweikle9921]

This is beautiful.

[@onpsxmember]

Heavy malt note on that Mauser Export.

[@rocksandoil2241]

I am thinking Al Spencer, bank robber, used a broomhandle in 9mm, and it has a stock and is found in the J M Davis Museum in Claremore, OK. They called it 9mm German Mauser.

[@foreign_affairs]

That's a good one to follow up on, although not many of us get to Okla. Looks like an amazing museum.

[@davehood2667]

The funny part is this is basically what we did later with the .40 S&W, which is 10x19mm, and the 10mm federal, which is 10x25mm.

[@varanid9]

Now do a video on submachine guns chambered for the 9x25mm.

[@dammitol7678]

At 4:55 the range markings on the rear sights are slightly different.

[@johncox2865]

That has to be the most painful grip ever put in a handgun.

[@mikepette4422]

You think there's difficulty getting access to ammo today ? What about these days when every self loading pistol had its own proprietary ammo.

[@rogainegaming6924]

If youre rich and knowledgeable enough to own one of them, then i'n sure they have plenty of other guns to shoot.

[@kylebradley3]

Back then if there were only 4 places in town to get ammo there were only 4 shops in town.

[@tarmaque]

@@rogainegaming6924 If you're rich and knowledgeable enough to own one of these, you can afford to have a set of dies made for reloading them. You can also make 9mm Mauser Export by trimming and sizing 9mm Winchester Magnum cases, (9x29) that being the other thing you'd need.

[@SuperFunkmachine]

As long as there selling the pistols, there selling the ammo too. People tended to shoot less, an have other guns for recreation anyway.

[@TorquilBletchleySmythe]

Magnificent! A rare and interesting sleeper, one for the top ten of Forgotten Weapons.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Ian .

[@ronnieburns4554]

Love the Mauser Broomhandle.

[@wallaroo1295]

@3:27 - *"By developing both cartridges to have effectively the exact same muzzle velocity, that means they have the same drop..."* I'm not good at math, but if the 7.63 is smaller, was it's *mass* the same as the 9mm? I'm missing the part where two objects, with different masses, start at the same energy and velocity, and continue to follow the same ballistic path... I think (with a lot of confidence) - that I am missing a chunk of the ballistics equation. Can someone explain to me where I'm wonky?

[@Optimator7]

Stranger, STRANGER! Now THAT'S a weapon!

[@TheFanatical1]

What a gun!

[@azzii2101]

Damn he got the Dolch Precision 😳

[@dphalanx7465]

Ian! Show us your power! Find a copy of the super-rare C/06-08 Mauser pistol (in this caliber) to put on the show.

[@dphalanx7465]

I'll be dammed! Turns out he actually did a video on the Mauser 06/08 back in October of 2015. I just found it this week?!?

[@swiftf0x]

Ahh, the stock model of the ubiquitous BlasTech Industries Model DL-44 Heavy Blaster, sans flash suppressor and scope. :-D Seriously, I can't be the only one who clicked "Play" who's mind didn't automatically go to the equally iconic side arm of Han Solo? I was surprised Ian didn't at least give it a mention. *laughs*

[@reeyees50]

The only gun that should exist

[@tenchraven]

Cartridges that never should have gone extinct. Pushing into .357 territory in terms of velocity, I would not have objected to the bang.