Mauser
Model 1916
Mauser "C96" Red Nine
Calibre 9mm
Serial Number: 67717
£ TBA Shortly

Although almost a 20 year old design, the Mauser Model 1896 was still a highly regarded pistol at the start of World War 1.

In 1916 the German government placed an order for 150,000 special M96 pistols, designated the Model 1916.

These were essentially identical to the commercial C96 models, except that they were chambered for P08 9 mm Luger cartridges, rather than the usual bottleneck 7.63 mm Mauser cartridge.

To address the danger that the Mauser pistols on the front might be loaded with the wrong ammunition, the 9 mm Mauser pistols with a Red Nine engraved into the handle.

The Red Nine Mausers were numbered in their own sequence of serial numbers and about 136,000 Red Nines were issued by the end of the war.

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We are expecting this pistol in after Christmas. The bore is reported to be in Good Condition.

Being a low serial number its highly proable this was one of the 136,000 used by the German Military in WWI

Suitable for Heritage Pistol Section 7(3) or Section 5