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We’ll pick up with my original plan next week as we head into the 1-year anniversary of the Airgun Experience next Tuesday, May 30.Īs you may recall, this tale of the Model 712 doesn’t begin in Germany but rather in the unlikely town of Anadarko, Oklahoma, some 25 years before the selective fire 1932 Model 712 Broomhandle was introduced. So, the following is a reprise of my original review of that gun from 2016. I began to think about new models from the last couple of years and if there was one CO2 pistol that stood out above all the others, and let me tell you, that is not a short list, but there is one favorite that certainly rises to the top of any list, the most personally enjoyable CO2 powered airgun that I own, the Umarex Model 712 Broomhandle Mauser. (Photo courtesy Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma)Įditors Note: Due to some unexpected weather the article I had planned for today has been delayed until next week. At the top is Sheriff Thompson’s shoulder-stocked Broomhandle. In this photo, Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory Sheriff James Thompson and his deputies are displaying their guns for photographer Annette Ross Hume.

Introduced in 1896, by the time this photo was taken, likely between 19, western lawmen were already carrying semi-autos. I haven't shot it much since then, but it seems pretty reliable with light loads and is more accurate than I figured it'd be with it's shot out barrel.By Dennis Adler The Mauser Broomhandle, or C96, was one of the earliest and most successful semiautomatic pistols. Mine had feeding issues until I replaced the mag spring. Numrich has some parts for these too, and that's were I got stripper clips for it, which you'll also need unless you plan on using it as a single shot or loading from the bottom and removing the magazine base plate every time. Wolff sells springs for it, but it doesn't include the mainspring. Springs should be replaced if you plan on shooting it much.

I just marked mine with a sharpie and looked at the pic a LOT before I put it back together to make sure I had it in correctly. If you replace the mainspring though, then you'll have to dissasemble it far enough to worry about that. If you just strip it down far enough to check the bolt stop, you don't have to worry about the coupling. Non-matching C96 bolos without the stock in shootable condition usually go $450-$650 from what I've seen. I paid $500 for it on gunbroker (not counting transfer, BGC, etc). I have one of the bolos that was imported from china in pretty rough shape with non-matching numbers.

Broomstick mauser serial#

The chinese supposedly used homemade replacement parts at times that are of poor metallurgy, and also sometimes serial numbered them to the gun which makes it harder to tell if the gun is safe or not. Internet Explorer won't let me copy and paste for some reason or I'd post a link.īeing mismatched, it might be one of the chinese imports, which should be checked out even better before you fire it.

Broomstick mauser how to#

There's several websites that tell what to check for on these guns and how to strip them. Parts for the safety were changed a few times over the production run too IIRC, and if those are mismatched, that could make it fire when you put if on safe IIRC. If that fails, the bolt can come back and hit you in the face. You need to take it apart and check the bolt stop and the metal on the upper where the bolt stop fits first before you fire it.