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*MAUSER C96 SMALL RING HAMMER CARBINE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD
*MAUSER C96 SMALL RING HAMMER CARBINE.
SN 1010. Cal. 7.63mm. This was the final form of Mauser's standard production carbine. About 100 of these guns were assembled as most examples have been reported in the range 945-1050. This carbine has a 14-1/2" bbl, short extractor, a slip-in 50-500 rear sight with a grooved cursor, two lug firing pin and small ring hammer. Mauser markings appear on top of the chamber; full SN is on left chamber flat and repeated on left rear frame and over the push button on the shoulder stock iron. A matching number is on the bolt stop, bolt, hammer and subframe. Full Mauser address is on right side of frame. Forend and buttstock, each with a sling swivel, appear original though devoid of any varnish. Buttstock has correct Mauser logoed buttplate. In a soft case compartmentalized for the taken down carbine. PROVENANCE: Ralph Merrill Collection CONDITION: Carbine has 90% original rust blue with spotty discoloration and early oxidation over the chamber and fading on each side of the receiver. Most attaching irons were fire blued; this one has a rust blue and may have been refinished. Fire blue on extractor is faded. Most of the other small parts have been re-heat treated to a purple color. Forend and buttstock are sound and have only a few handling dings though, as mentioned, the varnish from each piece has been removed. Wear on buttplate in keeping with the overall finish of the carbine. Visible rifling in a dark bore. 4-47303 LMA110