The Mauser C96 Carbine in GunsWorld

Mauser Carbine - The German Mauser C.96 semi-automatic pistol was one of the most popular weapons in the early 20th Century. Although not having been adopted by any major military power of that time, it enjoyed great commercial success, which flooded the market with Spanish and Chinese copies. A 7.63 mm caliber selective-fire model, the "Schnellfeuer" (Rapid Fire), was acquired in the 1930s by was then Brazil's Military Police of the Federal District (later to become Rio de Janeiro State's Military Police), remaining in service until as recent as the early 1980s!

During the first years of production, Waffenfabrk Mauser also created and marketed a carbine version (long barrel, detachable stock, ). This, however, did not repeat the pistol's sales performance, and just about 1,000 examples were manufactured, those eventually becoming prized collector's items. One such Mauser Carbine, serial number "767" , recently ended up in the hands of police authorities. Except for the non-original stock-retaining screw, the weapons is in fairly good conditions.