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Posted: 4/22/2008 8:47:38 PM EDT
How rare are these? I was playing Resident Evil 4 today and thought to myself, "I've never actually seen one in person." What's a typical price for, say, one of the more common variants. Oh, and if anyone's got one, please post pics 
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About 3 years ago I picked up a nice shooter at a gunshow for $700. It was refurbished by a company out of California called Federal Arms (I think). The company took old C-96s and rebarreled them to 9mm then reblued the guns. (again I think this was in the 1980s). The barrel has 9mm Parabellum engraved in German looking lettering on the left side of the barrel. Lost all collector value, but I wanted a shooter not a safe queen. |
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Nice work - both of you! America has enough "collectors" (I call them speculators/gun-fondlers) who have socked away these old guns without shooting them. I see nothing wrong with turning the guns you had (probably NRA grade "fair to poor") into really sharp-looking shooters. Now, every time you let a buddy try one at the range, they can know what it like to shoot an interesting piece of history. Again - good job. 
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I have a WWI era C96 in poor shape. Do you have contact info for the Brrom Closet?
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The Broom Closet C/O The Gun Rack 12461 Adams St Brooksville, FL 34613-6827 Voice: 352-597-3794 POC: Tom Thurmond It took me several phone calls to get ahold of Tom. Turn around time was quick and I thought easy on the pocketbook. Good luck. |
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