Wow, you surely have a good eye for these oddballs. I've never even seen one in the wild... Any chance of firing this one up?

 

Appreciate the complement, I've always had an eye for German firearms especially from the big German companies (Mauser, Walther, etc.). It's a really cool piece of history I actually stumbled on it by accident when I was searching for a Mauser 1934. Sadly, the two factors lead me to believe I won't be able to get it up and running, though I really would love to shoot it.

1st: The most glaring issue I can see is the hammer and spur are cast solid together and the tip of the spur is dull thus if I potential found ammo it wouldn't be able to strike the primer if fired.

2nd: Issue being the caliber of this particular revolver was 7.6mm Mauser which was a Berdan-type black powder and piston cartridge, that was only made for this gun, and the last production run of this ammo I can tell was in about 1912-1914. Finding original ammo is extremely rare and is considered a collectable. I would love to find all the ammo information to attempt to recreate it though.

7.6mm next to the 9mm Mauser

Infor on the 7.6mm Mauser cartridge

 

Yeah, that's often a problem with these firearms. I've always thought that 1905 Mannlicher would make one slick woods/hiking/fishing carry pistol, I even had a couple of them, but the ammo situation made me sell both. And I really liked them, very elegant design. I do reload for everything I have, including the .25 acp, but I have to draw the line somewhere.... I already spend more time crawling on my knees looking for the empties than I do actual shooting...

 

Complete agree and knew when i purchased this rare white elephant that I'll probably never get the chance to shoot it. Though I love it for its historical precedent which is nice as I do public speaking at the museum I'm apart of and its a great link in the chain of the Mauser Company. Showing how they went from an odd revolver like this to later a modern pistol like the Mauser HSc.

 

That looks pretty close in dimensions to 32 Long Colt, which I believe Buffalo Arms sells brass for. Shooting it may not be as out there as you'd think

 

Great idea, I've looked at the idea of 32 long colt and I would agree its plausible. I just personally don't have the skills to create or even reload ammo sadly. I'm more of a history type, though if I found anyone interested in the challenge, I would be game.

 

Thanks for sharing.
Most of us will never even get to hold one.

 

Any time, enjoy being able to at least show this and hopefully more my collection to the forum to people who will appreciate these pieces of history. As I said above, I just stumbled on it and recognized what it was and was lucky to be in the right place.

 

Very nice! Regards,

 

Thank you, sir. Greatly appreciated

 

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