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Just thought I would share this pic of my broomhandle 9mm.http://tinypic.com/view.html?pic=59y07o

That's a really nice 9mm Mauser broomhandle jpenman! The 9mm Mauser broomhandle is one of my favorite guns.

Wow that is a beautiful piece!

Drool!!!!

I recently got an airsoft Marushin Mauser Broomhandle. It looks quite good apart from the phony looking wood grips.
A tip if you want one - order from a Hong Kong dealer, it worked out less expensive.

Beautiful!

Now all you need to do is hacksaw the front sight off, fit a flash supressor and a scope and you have a great Han Solo blaster!

Or a nice Luke ESB, mind you...

I would never hack my broomhandle.

jpenman, You have the best toys! Very nice handgun, indeed.

Be seeing you.

[quote]jpenman, You have the best toys! Very nice handgun, indeed.

Hemingway jones, You should see what the firedepartment lets me play with.

BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

Man, I just love turn of the century firearms. The mausers, webleys, and early colts and S&Ws just look so dang cool!

And of course we should know that Mauser's weren't just the preference of the bad guys.

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Very nice piece, JP! In my eyes the Mauser's one of the guns with "character", looks just "stylish".

thanks indyjen, I think same thing about the look of it.

There were only two times that the 'wow' factor ever kicked in for me in the gun trade (I used to be a dealer many MANY years ago). One was when a stach of model 1937 Brazilian contract Smith and Wesson HE's were found in the mid 1980s, and the second occured in the late 70's when a stash of still in the cosmolene broomhandle mausers were discovered in Russia! They were sold for peanuts, and in three grades (nothing lower than 'good' due to possible surface rust from storage).
Even the wood grips were mint! The ad appeared in 'Shotgun News', and my jaw dropped when I read the ad.

Regards! Michaelson

Better than pedigree. Iliinois

Very beautyfull gun! I think the same like Indyjens, a very stylish firearm. Another great one is the Luger!

Sorry jpenman, is it a toy or a true gun?

it's the real deal my friend.

jpenman wrote:it's the real deal my friend.

it's nice but... real

very nice piece

erri_wan wrote:

jpenman wrote:it's the real deal my friend.

it's nice but... real

very nice piece

Whats wrong with a real gun?


jpenman,

Is it a shooter or a collectors piece? Any idea when it was made?

Sorry for so many questions, but I love firearms.

I admit i dont love firearms.. actually i hate them, i only liked toys. Ok i said it, now american users will kill me

Wow! I've always loved the look of Broomhandle Mauser, and let me tell you, thats a great looking gun! Oh and as J_Weaver said, is it a shooter?

erri_wan wrote:I admit i dont love firearms.. actually i hate them, i only liked toys. Ok i said it, now american users will kill me

No trouble from this American. To each his own!

ob1al wrote:Beautiful!

Now all you need to do is hacksaw the front sight off, fit a flash supressor and a scope and you have a great Han Solo blaster!

You & Tom beat me to it in a fine double act performance

Yup, very nice gun you have there jpenman. Very jealous

& yes, Churchill did use one. Infact, because he'd pretty much buggered his shoulder playing polo & couldn't weld a saber properly, during one particular cavalry charge he took part in, he used his Mauser instead of a sword like everyone else!

erri-wan , your stock just went down.

jweaver, yes I take it out from time to time ( to the range). It was found somewhere ( I don't remember were ) but it was part of a shipment sent to japan. It was never in use it just needed a couple of springes repalced and blued.

jpenman wrote:erri-wan , your stock just went down.

my... stock?



(what do you mean sorry : )

erri-wan, it was a joke.

jpenman wrote:erri-wan, it was a joke.

I just don't know what a stock is i know you were joking anyway

Stocks - azioni.

As in, you don't like guns, so your "value" diminished.

Skippy wrote: ...couldn't weld a saber properly... he used his Mauser instead...!

Hokey weapons and ancient religions are no match for a good blaster at your side.

Hehe... nice one, Sir.

[groan]

ob1al wrote:Hokey weapons and ancient religions are no match for a good blaster at your side.

"Whatever happens we have got,
the Maxim gun and they have not."

Thus wrote Hillaire Belloc who was no relation to the infamous French archaeologist and dealer in antiquities.

Well said, sir!

Regards,

Al

i hacked up my mauser to make hans empire blaster. I foudn a site that sold the mauser for only $46 if im remembering correctly. The conversion kit was 100 so total it cost about 150. I had to have it sent to my friends house in RI though because of the strict gun laws in CT, but it was worth it, i love my blaster.

My first handgun was a Broomhandle in 7.62x25. What a great gun! It even came with the wooden shoulder stock/holster. Amazingly, it seemed that no matter how I held the gun the ejected shells would always hit me on the head. It was also quite accurate when fired from a rest. If you've got one, don't ever sell it.

the old broomhandle will never leave my hands.

My first gun, "offically", was a mauser K98 made in 1942. I'd love to get my hands on a Broomhandle at some point.

j-weaver, remind me to keep my hands tightly around my mauser when you are around.

I'll make a deal with you. You let me shoot yuor Mauser and I'll let you shoot my S&W.

MorgonKenbur wrote:i hacked up my mauser to make hans empire blaster. I foudn a site that sold the mauser for only $46 if im remembering correctly. The conversion kit was 100 so total it cost about 150. I had to have it sent to my friends house in RI though because of the strict gun laws in CT, but it was worth it, i love my blaster.

Me too!

j-weaver, thats a deal, now we just have to do something about the mile between the two guns.

ob1al, you did a great job. but it breaks the heart that you can't shoot that thing.

Thanks!

It's just as well I can't - I'd end up in jail if I tried to fire a working Mauser here in Whitley Bay!

whitly Bay????

http://www.northumberland-coast.co.uk/whitley_bay.php

ob1al, thanks for the 411.