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Brazilian PASAM Machine Pistol

August 15, 2012 Ian McCollum 20

We’re happy to have another guest article for you today, this time written by Ronaldo Olive of Brazil. This was originally printed in Combat Handguns in the 1980s, and we’re reprinting it with Ronaldo’s permission […]

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Vintage Saturday: Making a C96 look big

August 4, 2012 Ian McCollum 12

Chinese guerrilla fighter, circa 1939. Today, she’d be an Olympic gymnast.

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C96 “Broomhandle” Mauser

June 19, 2012 Ian McCollum 15

Tuesday is normally a day I get to yakking about some gun-related subject, but I’m pretty beat form a long day and nothing is coming to mind that seems like it would be of interest […]

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Chinese C96 Mauser Stock/Bayonet

June 4, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

Here’s an interesting item we ran across recently – a combination bayonet and shoulder stock made by the Chinese for the C96 “Broomhandle” Mauser (and also the TT33 Tokarev, I believe). This design is relatively […]

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Vintage Saturday – C96 Mauser in the field

December 24, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

Also note the extra-tactical single point sling.

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Mauser Showdown at the Range – C96, Carbine, and Schnellfeuer

December 23, 2011 Ian McCollum 9

I’ve been promising this range video for a while now, and here it is. We took all three configurations of the C96 Broomhandle Mauser – a pistol, a carbine, and a machine pistol – out […]

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