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  • It was first made in 1896 - that's why it was called C96!!! It was used in WW I and Bolsheviks in the Russian revolution, and both sides in the Boer War. By the time the Nazis came to power, it was mostly just a status symbol among officers.

  • it was not used i ww2 only ww1

  • Always the nazis... it is a german gun produed pre WWII and even though it has been used in WWII it should not be referred to as a nazi gun. In fact Winston churchill carried such a gun in the boer war.

  • @MrWhitescarf yeah youre right. actually it was produced in 1917 or 1918... they werent officially issued in wwII, but some troops used it, sadly.

  • @Kampfkauz Well they were also produced before, i've got one from 1912 :)

  • @MrWhitescarf yes of course, thats the 7,63 modell, i was talkin about the version in 9mm

  • little pistol!!!

  • it was the imperial germans...and even then, they were pretty much used by officers and cavalry during the first world war. the "nazis" wouldve used the p38 or the pp/ppk, and the sidearm to the wehrmacht and ss was the luger p08

  • Lots of comments guys. It's not full auto. Originally it was a 7.63x25mm. Converted to 9mm Luger or Parabellum. They are fairly easy to find at gun shows. Expect to pay between$1500-$4000 depending on condition, model and whether it includes the wood holster and leather strapping. The model here in the case would probably sell in the area of $2500-3000. Market pending of course.

  • @ZippoVarga Excellent comment! Thank you.

  • @commonsense369 Thanks!! I hope the info helps some people out!!

  • really? too bad the nazis didnt use that gun

  • this is a wonderful looking weapon is it rare? where can this be purchased?

  • it is full auto...

  • lovely shape.

  • Red9

  • its funny in the manual that u showed its says cal 7.62 mm

  • Sharp!!

  • You couldnt atleast skim wikipedia for info dude ?

  • @MegaStevenhyde He's got the gun and he's showing it for fun, if you want an education on this why don't you "skim" something?

    You speak as if you paid to watch this vid and expect a doctoral degree at it's conclusion.

    To the OP: THanks for posting!

  • Armas no tienen nada que ver con política y si con tecnología, generalmente representan el mayor avance y refinamiento de su época. Es mi respetuosa opinión.

  • Aka the model for han solos pistol

  • somebody get this gun out of his hands and give him a history lesson...jeez o man

  • i wish these guns were still made, instead of those plastic F2000 rifles

  • English go to dick

  • @maximka475 wtf?

  • @GunWebsites if this is a "nazi weapon", is the M1 Garand a capitalist weapon and the AK47 a communist weapon? Lol?

  • @BigMek456

    Yea, you are correct.. whats so funny?

  • This marking is from the first world war to avoid that the wrong ammunition was loaded. The original C96 was chambered in calibre 7,63mm Mauser. Those C96 with the marking on the grips were called "rote Neun" (red nine) and were chambered for the so called "Patrone 08" (9mmx19) that was introduced with the Luger 08-Pistol.

    And Winston Churchill got one C96 too, and Nazis not only used german guns, Göring btw. got a S&W Military&Police cal. .38.

  • I had to turn the sound off. The narrator is woefully ignorant.

  • @GunWebsites Most Wehrmacht were not in the Nazi party. That, and the fact that it was very obsolete, No, mnay Nazi's did not carry a C96.

  • my favorite part of the mauser is the stock can be used as a wooden holster

  • ok what should i buy a walter 9mm airsoft with a sticky target or the airsoft mauser

  • @ashketchum602

    Mauser. It's lovely. (: But personal choice. Choose what ever.

  • 500 meter with a 9mm lol

  • @theroyalgrapefruit It'd still be able to kill if it hit a person at that distance.

  • @GunWebsites you are right the "waffen SS" often used the full auto version of it

    C96/M30

    and you got the wrong " product description " ? the 9 on the grip refers to the 9mm catridge

  • If they only ended production in 1936, then yes...it was a gun in the nazi arsenal just as the lugers were...dont forget the nazis came to full power in 1933 when hitler was made prime minister. and infact the nazis carried these in the failed beer hall putch a full ten years before that!

  • @GunWebsites forget it,the guys who like it most were bolsheviks during great oktober socialist revolution and after that russian civil war.so we r talking about 1917...1924.now you know

  • I guess the Nazi's craved this out and painted it in with their nail polish, LOL!

  • Lol the Red 9 was Prussian

  • @thn0r nazis came to power in 1934 not when the war started lolz

  • They were commonly nicknamed "kuhfusspistolen" (cow foot pistol) because of the shape of the grip. Oddly enough, they were never as popular in Germany as they were in Russia, and for that reason, they were chambered in 7.63 x 25. They are very light for their size and well balanced when loaded with a clip (the correct term in this case) of ten rounds. They were not as complicated as their contemporary, the Luger, but could jam pretty well in dirty conditions.

  • @thn0r true to an extent, but the nazi's took power in 33, so for a few years, this was a nazi produced weapon, it was used during the war, but mostly by 2nd liners, guards, police etc, it isnt as well known as the luger or walther, but it was used. Still a very nice gun, and an odd gun in design.

  • is it true the chinese started producing .45ACP versions?

  • @SergeiTheAnarch Yeppers, although it was a VERY long time ago.

  • Winston Churchill carried one of these at the battle of Omdurman in 1896, when he was attached to the British cavalry.

    In WW II, army, SS (and Nazi functionaries) carried Walthers (not all P-38) Mausers, some Lugers and even Browning Hi-Powers (P-35)

  • @GunWebsites I would not say plenty - these guns were in times of WW2 obsolete. They were issued only if P38 and P08 were in short supply. But during the WW1 this gun with shoulder stock setup was very popular among trench raiding parties. The original calibre was 7,63x25 Mauser (7,62x25 Tokarev is direct development, but much much stronger)... The "big red nine" was on the grip to prevent accidents with ammo, because during WW1 both 7,62 and 9mm were used by german soldiers...

  • That is what they call the red 9 isn't it?

  • @GunWebsites thats not true standart sidearm for every german was a P38/or a Luger...the c36 was outdated and replaced before ww2....sry for bad english....

  • @Neckomack They weren't standard issue but they were carried.

  • @Rimes9845 so what is than the sidearm of a german ? a c96 ?

    most of the regular army had P38 and the SS mostly the P08 Lugar...

  • Its not a nazi gun! its pre nazi erra your thinking of a lugar this is a RED NINE.....

  • wow, dude, I want one of that case,with a extraordinary pistol like that inside, how many money is the price of that full equipment?

  • @GunWebsites yes ive sen some wiht hte swastika on them. while most were preww2.  hte nazis were in power prior to 1936. the design of these. allowed one to hold it. and hte angle of the handle positioned it perfectly.

  • The C96 9mm mauser is all WW1, while there were some in ww2 (mostly artillery and AA soldiers) but those were primarlity 7.63 x 25. 99% of those did not have any "nazi" markings. Ive delt in these guns for a long time. Ive only seen 1 cataloged "nazi" broomhandle.

  • I bet it's hard to find 9mm stripper clips

  • @thn0r ... Yep, cuz the Nazis didn't run Germany untill 1939... Hitler wasn't elected in 1933 or anything. Since guns fall to pieces in just one year, no Nazi ever used one that was just laying arround...

  • @VALsacount2 The National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (help·info), abbreviated NSDAP), commonly known in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. Its predecessor, the German Workers' Party (DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920. The term Nazi is German and stems from Nationalsozialist[5], due to the pronunciation of Latin -tion- as -tsion- in German (rather than -shon- as it is in English),

  • @yamahonkawazuki adolf hitler was appinted chancellor by german president. hindenburg in 1933. ( sources wikipedia and world history books etc )

  • @VALsacount2 ww2 started in 1939 officially. after the nazi party had already moved into and occupied several countries. poland was the straw that broke the camels back. ive got some original photographs taken by my great grandfather in the mid 1930's. was 1936 IIRC. when he took those shots. no he wasnt a nazi. just a german citizen.

  • @controversyking I'l agree with you but just because something is used doesn't mean that the tool is also bad. a good example would be the Mauser saw-back bayonets used in the first world war. many Brits thought it was used to cut arms and legs off when it was a tool for the German engineer corp to cut away at brush

  • Captured and rechambered guns were branded with the Red9. Also, the gun predates the Nazi party, but they did use them. Unfair to deem it a "Nazi" gun becasue it was not developed under the Furher.

  • now by nazis do you mean the people actually in the national socailist part who were in the militry or the wehrmacht?

  • @thn0r There were still Nazis using this through out the whole war, right threw and up to 1945, even though the P-08 Luger and the Walther P-38 were being introduced. They were mostly considered antiques, even during the war. It "was" a Nazi weapon and I don't think there is anything wrong with that since a lot of bad people used muskets back in the seventeenth and eighteenth century's, and people still used it.

  • @thn0r Well said

  • I want to say that many people do call a mag a clip. It was the common term for a 'mag" in WWII and the "mag" for my M14 was called a "clip" from Marine boot on.It can get confusing with stripper clips to think about but we still have stripper clips now to load "mags".I would say that MuzzyBasher is either over 40 or was perhaps trained in military of some country other than the U.S.It is all :who taught you & how old you are.BOTH ARE CORRECT.

  • for Patriot1232- Sorry, I ment to say 6r & 20r.I am old & it is early in am.If you look at my atav. you will see my custom 20rd Bolo.I make them by cutting out mag box from bad gun and welding and finishing onto another.No 20rd bolos were made by Mauser (that I have ever seen or heard of) and I think my 20rd conversion looks better than the 20rd C96 from the factory.

  • sehr gut

    very nice :-)

  • @thn0r True true, but nazis loves this pistol :)

  • GOD, this is amazing

  • Fun WWI pistol.

  • didn't the chinese have a varient of these? could've sworn they were the ones with a red "9" carved into 'em. ney mind- wonder what are the sights like?

  • Didn't Winston Churchill pack one of these in WW1?

  • Striper clip lol

  • he wanted 1500

  • someone tried to sell me a fully auto one of these

  • @futuresolider96 Why didnt you buy it? those are super rare

  • @Ap0ph1s15 i didnt have the money at the time or belive me i would of

  • how much does it cost ? can someone tell me good gunshop sites?

  • @thn0r  Think i would trust the guys at gunwebsites over some random person any day.

  • @thn0r You should know that the Nazi Party came into power with the election of Adolf Hitler in 1933. The Nazi took over all the manufacturing firms, including Arms Manufacturing in Germany. So before production halted, the Nazis manufactured C96s for a few years. Nazi Officers; SS, and Gestapo could purchase their own handguns and a few chose the Mauser C96 and its other variants.

  • Pistola parabellum is latin, I think, but I know it means Pistol for War.

    Waffenfabreiken is weapon manufacturing. And other stuff I didn't see, I can't inform you about.

  • 1.how reliable are these handguns

    2.the full auto models actually came with a 20 round detachable box magazine,standard models just used the stock to turn it into a carbine.

  • It's a fact that some German soldiers In WWII would buy these as a private purchase weapon and actively use them, so technically, The Nazis DID use them.

  • haha i nearly watched another wid coz i thought the whole thing was goin to be in german :L looks like a realy well designed gun

  • haha i nearly watched another wid coz i thought the whole thing was goin to be in german :L

  • awesome, 920p. 

  • how much did you paid for this gun?

  • you can mount a scope on it and by the way the russian love the gun more than the german cause the mauser Broomhandel was to big for yousing her fast

    sorry for bad english

  • What you have there is a Prussian Red 9. Go to Wikipedia and read about the Mauser C96.

  • I believe that was pre-Nazi. Even the P08 Luger was being phased out during WW2.

    That sucker looks like it would give you a hell of a hammer-bite!

  • @taofledermaus

    watch vids of these shooting and it looks like the action is FAST.. good candidate for the high speed IMO

  • @GunWebsites The Ruger MKII pistols and the 10/22 bolt is pretty fast and we've had good luck with filming those. I'd love to film a Luger or this Broomhandle Mauser. I'd probably have more luck finding someone with a Luger though, but I haven't been able to find anyone with one yet. That's actually one of the "top things to film" of my list.

  • @taofledermaus the nazis didn't like the Luger's constant clean (like the m16 or Beretta m9) they used them because they weren't "high maintenance" read more history, Yankee

  • how many rounds?

    

  • @GunWebsites decent. 7 with one in the camber?

  • They were first made to use the 7.63x25 mauser then converted to the 9mm.

  • @patriot1232 In truth, they were first made in 9mm Mauser which was a 9X25mm streight sided case.They were then made in the &.63X25, which also allowed them to fire the7.62X25 which was easillably available in many areas of military conflict.To clear up the number of rounds, it was 10 for all fixed mag models with ecption of a few 6r & 10r special order models.Even the Chinese Senshi 45cal held 10r.

  • very nice! german guns are the best in the world, or maybe i should say were the best.

  • I bet kiwitedferny knows all about these :)

  • @ArtisanTony

    very true, he prob has a few too

  • I'm German and I didn't understand a word in the beginning.

  • @dt3ft2

    It's a shame your schools in Germany don't teach you better..

    Perhaps I'll post a few videos about how to speak German to help you out

  • @GunWebsites

    They did a good job teaching English so you don't need to help me out speaking German ;-)

  • @dt3ft2 Ich glaube es war Spanisch.

  • I never new that they use clips, not mags! That's why I watch you videos I guess. : )

  • i want one of those guns, look like the ones the red army used too

  • 持ちたくはないけど芸術品

  • I think that Indian Jones has been shot at with one of these too...so famous. I love history. I also love sausage. Thanks Germans for giving us so much.

  • Han Solo's blaster!

  • Not to be rude or anything but even thought the Nazis did use the Mauser C96 Red 9 variant it was actually first used by Imperial Germany during WW1. From what I know they made these 9mm variants do to the fact that the production of the Luger P08 was going quite slowly. The Mauser C96 was originally chambered in 7.63×25mm Mauser otherwise know as .30 Mauser and for its time it was one of the highest velocity commercially manufactured pistol cartridge around.

  • @CommanderSazabi316 well said however the first Brooms were in (mm Mauser (9X25)

  • almost thought you where speaking Spanish there for a second or two lol

  • That thing is awesome!

  • What about a barrel extention?

  • Back in the day sights were ranged for ridiculous distances, like on the SKS they had a 1000m settings or what the heck. They couldn't shoot that far, of course.

  • Well your German is better than mine haha,

  • love it could have bought 1 at gun show in poor condition (surface rust) for $400 chambered in 7.62x25

  • @armorersvault

    I would have been all over one at that price, how long ago?

  • @GunWebsites here in florida about 6 months ago but would need to restore and had no stock/holster

  • @armorersvault i woulda bought that bitch for the 7.62x25 alone

  • @GunWebsites sorry sir. i didnt think i would step on any toes by relating this weapon to another murderer. i thought this was all for fun and education. cool little facts and the like. thats why i watch, and enjoy your videos. i get what i want to know and THEN SOME. once again im sorry.

  • @gyoldamnshit

    OK, no harm no foul.. just never know what kind of intent some comments might have

  • Also, they were originally chambered for 7.63x25mm, which is similar to 7.62 Tokarev.

  • This pistol was used in World War 1.

  • The C96 isn't just a Nazi Germany gun. It was pretty popular among Russian and Chinese revolutionaries as well as being used on both sides of the Boer Wars. Winston Churchill carried one when he was an officer in the Mahdist and Boer Wars.

  • It looks like a valuable antique like firearms! :>

  • that was german you where trying to speak? :-D soundz more like a wounded animal. ;-) ...and whats so crazy about the manual?

  • @muffty1337

    it is written in gibberish

  • i would love to have one of those.

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  • that is a red 9?i thought it was a .45 not a 9mm?

    it is nice though. 96c?

  • How much do these run for?

  • @snomankak

    these are in the "if you have to ask".. range

  • Pretty popular in WWI, Id love to have one

  • Down south of where I live I got to hold one. Very nice pistols.

  • hab einer von denen in den zweiten weltkrieg benuztz

    

  • WANT

    

  • you should do a video of you shooting the pistol

  • i have bought a BB gun witch as the same shape and disign as that mauser WIERD

  • @kurt1698 BB guns are replicas...whats so weird about that?

  •  Never seen an in depth video on this. Thanks for it. Awesome gun. Good info.

  • It is really very nice looking gun

  • hey can you make a luger ( the german gun thinggy i just love them ! ) video ( shoot and realod type plz and ty )

    

  • Wow pretty neat old pistol, with the case and all.

  • Would that be an sbr, or would that fall into curiou and relic and not need the tax stamp?

  • @PianoKammy

    it is one of the grandfathered versions (as long as it's an old one of course)

  • This gun is the Mauser C96 1st made in 1896 and used in both WW1 and 2. It was originally chambered in 7.62x25mm Mauser, 9x19mm Para, & 9mm Mauser export which is the rarest version. The Chines later modified them to also accept .45 ACP. Its a short recoil operated pistol with a range of about 150-200 m. it can accept 6 or 10 round stripper clips. It has a V-notch rear tangent sight adjustable up to 1000 meters & inverted V front sight. There are 4 models, C96, Bolo short barrel, Red 9, & M.712.

  • @Phenixtri Would be great if you guys could get your hands on a working ""Mauser 712"" machine pistol which was developed from this. it was 9x19mm Para and was fully automatic. It was used primarily in WW2 by the Germans and Chines who made their own full auto versions from regular C96 models. It also used 20 and 40 round detachable magazines. Also I forgot to mention that there was an experimental version of the C96 chambered in 8.15mm Mauser. :P

  • Ach, Mein Gott, das was Deutsch? Fruchtbar!

  • These where also manufactured under license in China. In addition to the the Kaiser's army in WWI and the Nazi's, a young Winston Churchill used one in the second Boer war, Bubba Zanetti in Mad Max and of course Han Solo in the original star wars trilogy. Wish I owned a piece of history like that one.

  • Wow, that's pretty cool. I like it.

  • the German's politics in that time era sucked, but their ingenuity was damned amazing.

  • Awesome pistol!! I've always liked the looks of the "Broomhandle Mauser" I have bought two German made Mausers in the past. Unfortunately neither of them worked properly, and I failed to find a gunsmith that could fix them. Both of them were chambered in 30 Mauser. That one appears to be in great shape. Thanks for sharing

  • Nothing makes me smile like outlandishly optimistic sight graduations.

  • @An0nEeMouse

    well it was a powerful round and it had a stock..

  • i have a book "This was a recoil-operated pistol. it was fitted with a ten round magazine positioned in front of the trigger guard.The bolt itself was rectangular, the top rear part of the receiver was squared off to house it. there is an external hammerto strick the firing pin about a million were made between 1896 - 1936" original specs: cal- 7.63, capacity - 10, act-Recoil/single, length-11.62 in, barrel-5.51, dry weight 36.9oz (all records of mauser plant destroyed in 1945) hope this helped

  • red 9 pistol

  • that holster/ stock is in-FREAKIN-genious

  • LOL

  • The Nazi's were more likely to use Lugers or Walther P38s.

  • In it's time, this gun was like an H&K this days, everyone wanted one, specially Russians. And those who had one were feared.  Really nice gun, I don't thinks it's lame to shoot but I think it's a really interesting peace of history. It was originally a 7.63x25mm Mauser. That explains the 500 max range ;)

  • Han shot first! With this gun.

  • You need to learn more on this gun, man.

  • Why hasn't anybody made repos yet? god damn, the gun manufacturing community is stupid sometimes.

    I have to go all the way between Afghanistan and Pakistan to have one built wtf.

  • @Beachhead88 The Chinese made reproductions of these in 9mm, and those 9mm ones are the ones you see the most of, sadly